{"product_id":"the-street-of-crocodiles-and-other-stories-paperback-3","title":"The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruno Schulz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Goldfarb\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected fiction of \"one of the most original imaginations in modern Europe\" (Cynthia Ozick)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe untimely death of Polish writer Bruno Schulz at the hands of a Gestapo officer stands as one of the great losses to modern literature, but since his death, word of his extraordinary literary voice has won him an international readership. This volume brings together Schulz's complete fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Street of Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e, praised by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eas \"a masterpiece . . . marvelously inventive\"; his final surviving work, \u003ci\u003eSanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e; and three short stories. Illustrated with Schulz's luminous original drawings, this edition beautifully showcases the distinctive surrealist vision of one of the twentieth century's most gifted and influential writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruno Schulz\u003c\/b\u003e, a Polish Jew killed by the Nazis in 1942, is considered by many to have been the leading Polish writer between the two world wars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelina Wieniewska (translator) \u003c\/b\u003ewas awarded the 1963 Roy Publishers Polish-into-English prize for her translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Street of Crocodiles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer (foreword)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eEverything is Illuminated, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHere I Am\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid A. Goldfarb (introducer)\u003c\/b\u003e taught for eight years in the Slavic department at Barnard College, Columbia University. He has written on a range of writers and subjects, including Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Lermontov, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, and East European cinema.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 7.7 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457272922333,"sku":"9780143105145","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/kDe8BiuDIq9780143105145.webp?v=1781228037","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-street-of-crocodiles-and-other-stories-paperback-3","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}