Regions of the Great Heresy

Sixty years after his murder by the Nazis, Bruno Schulz, one of the 20th century's greatest and most enigmatic writers is experiencing a renaissance. Here, Ficowski reconstructs the author's life story and evokes the fictional vision of his best-known works, "The Streets if Crocodiles" and "Sanatori [...]
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Sixty years after his murder by the Nazis, Bruno Schulz, one of the 20th century's greatest and most enigmatic writers is experiencing a renaissance. Here, Ficowski reconstructs the author's life story and evokes the fictional vision of his best-known works, "The Streets if Crocodiles" and "Sanatorium under the sign of the Hourglass". Including many of Schulz's paintings and letters, as well as new information on the Mossad's removal Schulz's murals from Poland in 2001, this book is a moving account of the author's tragic life.