The Complete Fiction of Bruno Schulz. The Street of Crocodiles and Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass.
New York: Walker and Company, 1989. First Hardcover Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This volume is the first collection in English of all the magically inventive short narratives of one of the world's most enigmatic writers. The book contains a brief biographical preface by the translator as well as an insightful critical study by Jerzy Ficowski. Schulz's fiction draws the diligent reader into a magical world of complex verbal landscapes, incongruous images, and philosophical paradoxes. His work is a precursor to the metafictions of Calvino and Borges. Item #29490
ISBN: 0802710913
Price: $195.00
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