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Jul 11, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
"Came the yellow days of winter, filled with boredom." Bruno Schulz was a Polish writer and artist, best-known for his 1934 collection of short stories, "The Street of Crocodiles" (originally published as "Cinnamon Shops"). In 1942, at the age of 50, he went out for a walk and was shot dead by a Nazi (Schulz was Jewish). This edition brings together "Crocodiles" with his final work, "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass," which he also illustrated. The stories blend the quotidian with the surreal and Kakfa, whom he translated, is the most obvious reference point. For anyone interested in European literature, this is an excellent edition, featuring a helpful introduction and a less helpful forward by Jonathan Safran Foer. There's a very cool short film of "Street of Crocodiles" directed by teh Quay Brothers.