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According to the filmmaker Agnieszka Piotrowska, the novel was " described by Arthur Miller and Elie Wiesel as one of the most important books in the so-called Holocaust literature.

" Wiesel wrote in The New York Times Book Review that it was: " One of the best ...

Written with deep sincerity and sensitivity " Richard Kluger, reviewing it for Harper's Magazine, wrote: " Extraordinary ... literally staggering ... one of the most powerful books I have ever read ".

And Jonathan Yardley, reviewing it for The Miami Herald, wrote: " Of all the remarkable fiction that emerged from World War II, nothing stands higher than Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird.

A magnificent work of art, and a celebration of the individual will.

No one who reads it will forget it ; no one who reads it will be unmoved by it.

The Painted Bird enriches our literature and our lives ".

" Cynthia Ozick later gushed " – wrote Norman Finkelstein – " that she ' immediately ' recognized Kosiński's authenticity as ' a Jewish survivor and witness to the Holocaust '.

" Time magazine included the novel in its " TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 ", accentuating the alleged atrocities perceived by the protagonist.