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The Street of Crocodiles

By Valerie Chen, on November 7th, 2012

Bruno Schulz was born in 1892 to a Jewish family in Drohobych, wrote and worked as high-school art teacher, and was shot and killed by a Nazi Gestapo officer in 1942. He has been survived by a small body of works and is now considered to be one of the great figures of Polish literature. [...]

November 7th, 2012 | Category: The Street of Crocodiles | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
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Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles

By Erin Smith, on November 2nd, 2012

The brothers Quay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Quay) have a stunning animated short, The Street of Crocodiles, based on Bruno Schulz’s story of same name.  Its imagery is built of layers of dust and grim, rusted screws scuttling across the floor, emotionless doll faces, and wet, raw meat.   I was drawn to read the Street of Crocodiles primarily because [...]

November 2nd, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Books, The Street of Crocodiles | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)