COLLECTED STORIES - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Edition/First Printing - ONLY COPY OF THE FIRST PRINTING ONLINE
Schulz, Bruno (Translated by Madeline G. Levine)
Language: English
Published by Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2018, 2018
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1st Printing. 288 pages. Published in 2018. New And Definitive translations of the author's work. One of the most significant literary events of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are many. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only by a University Press. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Bruno Schulz's "Collected Stories" in fresh and definitive English translations by Madeline G. Levine. "Brings together all of Schulz's published stories: 'Cinnamon Shops', his most famous collection (also known as 'The Street of Crocodiles'), 'Sanatorium Under The Hourglass', and four stories that he did not include in either of his two collections. Madeline G. Levine's masterful new translation shows contemporary readers how Schulz, often compared to Proust and Kafka, reveals the workings of memory and consciousness" (Publisher's blurb). His is a love for all forms of earthly life - it's not just "empathy" - and Isaac Bashevis Singer is right to point out that in this sense, he went even deeper than either Kafka or Proust. His genius enabled him to create a landscape, a mood, a sensation, a feeling, and in the end, a universe that come alive "with unpredictable spirit-force, where every living tissue contains ghosts". Bruno Schulz is one of the exemplary souls who have somehow prevailed in our world of soul-killers: ALL great art and literature have a spiritual dimension and finally, commitment, NOT to be confused with religiosity. "A kind of DNA code for the secret language of the imagination" (Cynthia Ozick). An absolute "must-have" title for Bruno Schulz collectors. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only copy of First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BRUNO SCHULZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0810136600.…
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- Title
- COLLECTED STORIES - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Edition/First Printing - ONLY COPY OF THE FIRST PRINTING ONLINE
- Author
- Schulz, Bruno (Translated by Madeline G. Levine)
- Publisher
- Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2018
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- None, As Issued
- Signed
- no
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0810136600
- ISBN 13
- 9780810136601
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
Collected Stories is an authoritative new translation of the complete fiction of Bruno Schulz, whose work has influenced writers as various as Salman Rushdie, Cynthia Ozick, Jonathan Safran Foer, Philip Roth, Danilo Kiš, and Roberto Bolaño.
Schulz’s prose is renowned for its originality. Set largely in a fictional counterpart of his hometown of Drohobych, his stories merge the real and the surreal. The most ordinary objects—the wind, an article of clothing, a plate of fish—can suddenly appear unfathomably mysterious and capable of illuminating profound truths. As Father, one of his most intriguing characters, declaims: “Matter has been granted infinite fecundity, an inexhaustible vital force, and at the same time, a seductive power of temptation that entices us to create forms.”
This comprehensive volume brings together all of Schulz's published stories—Cinnamon Shops, his most famous collection (sometimes titled The Street of Crocodiles in English), The Sanatorium under the Hourglass, and an additional four stories that he did not include in either of his collections. Madeline G. Levine’s masterful new translation shows contemporary readers how Schulz, often compared to Proust and Kafka, reveals the workings of memory and consciousness.
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About the Author
MADELINE G. LEVINE is Kenan Professor of Slavic Literatures Emerita at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her translations from the Polish include The Woman from Hamburg and Other True Stories by Hanna Krall, Bread for the Departed by Bogdan Wojdowski, and four volumes of prose by Czesław Miłosz, including Beginning with My Streets: Essays and Recollections and Miłosz’s ABC’s.
RIVKA GALCHEN is the author of three books, including the novel Atmospheric Disturbances. A frequent contributor to the New Yorker,the London Review of Books, and the New York Times, she has been awarded numerous prizes and fellowships and was included on the New Yorker’s “20 under 40” list of fiction writers.
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