Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #540643 in Books
• Published on: 1989-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 324 pages

Language Notes
Text: English, Polish (translation)

Customer Reviews

a shameful edition of some of the world's greatest writing
His name is MISSPELLED at the head of EVERY OTHER PAGE. The reproductions of his artwork are poor. Schulz is among civilization's greatest authors. I bought this because I wanted to have a hardcover copy--then gave it to someone else, with apologies. I had another complaint or two about the organization of this volume, but without having it at hand to refer to, I won't try to remember. The newest Penguin edition has three stories which are new to me; that will make it the 4th version of these two slim volumes which I've sprung for to date, and I'm not a collector--just enthusiastic about brilliance.

A wonderful book.
... An absolutely WONDERFUL book. The images not only come out of the page and materialise, but you can smell the smells, taste the tastes, feel the heat of the sun on your skin, as you vividly dream together with the author. No movie, no visual depiction has quite the comparable ability to make you feel like you have been allowed for a moment to step into it's world of imagination anchored here in a small 1930's town in eastern Poland. It contains the light and wonder but also the darkness and pain of living. The line between the two is never clear, the perception of the world constantly slipping into the surreal.
... with this book as part of the curriculum, I can only regret that this author is so little known outside his country, as it would seem natural for him to be recognised as part of the world literary heritage.
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A wonderful book.
(Please note that Drochobycz was at the time in Poland, not Ukraine as some mention, and Bruno Schultz was a Polish Jew writing in Polish.)

An absolutely WONDERFUL book. The images not only come out of the page and materialise, but you can smell the smells, taste the tastes, feel the heat of the sun on your skin, as you vividly dream together with the author. No movie, no visual depiction has quite the comparable ability to make you feel like you have been allowed for a moment to step into it's world of imagination anchored here in a small 1930's town in eastern Poland. It contains the light and wonder but also the darkness and pain of living. The line between the two is never clear, the perception of the world constantly slipping into the surreal.
Having been fortunate to grow up with this book as part of the curriculum, I can only regret that this author is so little known outside his country, as it would seem natural for him to be recognised as part of the world literary heritage.
But by the same token - my immesurable gratitude to Simon McBurney whose ability to recognise genius and his inspired interpretation with Theatre de Complicite brought this writing out to many people.