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Anatomy of a slander.
May 11, 2023
The Polish-Jewish Writer Who Made a Mural for a Nazi’s Children
Two new books shed light on Bruno Schulz, and his final work.
Often compared to Franz Kafka, the Polish writer and artist Bruno Schulz shared much in common with his older contemporary: both were natives of the Habsburg empire; both were somewhat ambivalent Jews writing in non-Jewish languages; both enjoyed drawing as well as writing; both had work that was the subject of posthumous controversy; and both wrote stories where the main character is transformed into a cockroach. Boris Dralyuk reviews two new books that bring Schulz’s life and work to an English-speaking audience:
May 11, 2023
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The Quest for a Jewish Dogma
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The Polish-Jewish Writer Who Made a Mural for a Nazi’s Children
Two new books shed light on Bruno Schulz, and his final work.