The street of crocodiles

Alternate Titles

• Cinnamon shops.

Description

This a magical book of short stories set in a small town in Poland during the period between the two World Wars. The writer, Bruno Schulz, wrote only two books in his lifetime but the two are so rich in vision that they contain a whole world. There are wonderful stories of childhood and how a child's imagination transforms the world; and there are more sombre tales with a sort of Kafkaesque feel to them. The author was also a graphic artist and illustrated his books with very high-quality etchings and lithographs that depict life in his town. As a curious aside, his books began as stories he told in the margins of letters he wrote to a friend. She encouraged him to expand on these little tales and the results were truly beautiful. In short, Bruno Schulz is one of the best little-known writers (little known in North America, that is, because I think he is more acknowledged in Europe)

Description

"The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant family's life are evoked in a startling blend of the real and the fantastic"--Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Writers from the other Europe

Other Editions

• The street of crocodilesPenguin1977-01-01
• The street of crocodiles.Walker1963-01-01
• Street of crocodilesWalker1963-01-01
• The street of crocodiles.Walker1963-01-01
• The street of crocodilesPenguin Books1977-01-01
• The Street of Crocodiles.PaperbackPicador 1980.1980-01-01