Penguin Classics The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories, (Paperback)

from JimElkins

Some passages in "The Street of Crocodiles" are as intensely and sharply described as anything in fiction. Here is a sentence introducing the idea that some years that go on too long, and sprout extra months: "It sometimes happens that August has passed, and yet the old thick trunk of summer cont...

from JimElkins

Some passages in "The Street of Crocodiles" are as intensely and sharply described as anything in fiction. Here is a sentence introducing the idea that some years that go on too long, and sprout extra months: "It sometimes happens that August has passed, and yet the old thick trunk of summer cont...

from Poquette

If Bruno Schulz were a painter he would be an impressionist. His ability to create evocative imagery should take a back seat to no one. And in this sense, he is a writer's writer. Anyone who enjoys digging deep into the writer's style, the way he frames his sentences and paragraphs, how he struct...

from kant1066

I stammer and hedge writing a review for this book in much the same way I did before other great artists of the short story, namely I. B. Singer's "Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories" and Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories." I read this over a period of time which was much too l...

from chrisblocker

Admittedly, I only read the title story, about 1/3 of the entire collection, but I figured this counted as something. The language is lovely, especially at the beginning where it hit me like a sudden downpour. Schulz was an undisputed master of language. Despite the story's richness, it was a str...