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2 unusual facts about The Street of Crocodiles


The Street of Crocodiles

It was only after a well-known and respected writer Zofia Nałkowska, from whom Schultz had sought help, expressed her support for him that the work was published in December 1933, dated 1934.

The book, inspired by Schulz's short story and available in print and electronic formats, is introduced by The Village Voice film critic, J. Hoberman, as "...a walk on the wild side, an expedition down a melancholy boulevard of dreams."


Luigi Lucheni

He is also referenced in Polish writer Bruno Schulz's book The Street of Crocodiles in the chapter entitled Treatise On Tailors' Dummies: Continuation, and in Norman Mailer's novel The Castle in the Forest.

Street of Crocodiles

The Street of Crocodiles was originally a short story written by Bruno Schulz, from a story collection published under that title in English translation.

The History of Love

The Polish writer Bruno Schulz (1892–1942) and his classic The Street of Crocodiles are mentioned several times in the novel, as is Nicanor Parra (1914-), whose 1954 book of antipoems is translated by Charlotte Singer and read by the mysterious Jacob Marcus.


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