Being there
Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There is the story of Chance Gardener, a man with limited mental and social potential, yet raised by his environment to the level of fame. Referred to as a “blank page” person, he is, at the same time, seen by his immediate environment as “quite a personality” mainly because of his exterior qualities: he has a “beautiful voice”, is “manly” and “well-groomed”. […]