Pinball by Jerzy Kosinski, Kosinski
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- Pub. Date: September 1996
- 310pp
- Sales Rank: 357,114
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 1996
- Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 310pp
- Sales Rank: 357,114
- Series: Kosinski, Jerzy Ser.
- ISBN-13: 9780802134820
- ISBN: 0802134823
- Edition Number: 1
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Lacking a sense of the language, and thus lacking any style of his own, the author gropes for any passable cliche. . . . Even the elaborate plot of ''Pinball'' turns out to be a pointless and clumsy excuse for Mr. Kosinski's round-robin tournament of sex. . . . Judging from Jerzy Kosinski's eighth novel, ''Pinball,'' one has to conclude that the author's long affair with the English language is not going well. -- New York Times
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November 17, 2001: Kosinski knows how to tell a story, and he knows music in a technical/classical sense, but I can't say Kosinski knows rock and roll. The storyline involving a mysterious rock star is what drew me to the title, and I can't say it's a bad book because Kosinski has a definite way of drawing a reader into complex emotions and relationships. I just have trouble relating to the story itself realistically and with a borderline pompous narration on such a down to earth subject as rock music. There are gems of philosophical wisdom here and there and great symbolism, however. Overall it's worth a read.
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