Nocturnal Apparitions
Essential Stories
by Bruno Schulz
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Pub Date Mar 14 2023 | Archive Date Mar 21 2023
Pushkin Press | Pushkin Collection
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Description
Includes a new translation of a recently discovered story, believed to be the first-ever published work by this legendary cult writer
The stories in this collection are rich, tangled, and suffused with mystery and wonder. In the narrowing, winding city streets, strange figures roam. Great flocks of birds soar over rooftops, obscuring the sun. Cockroaches appear through cracks and scuttle across floorboards. Individuals careen from university buildings to dimly lit parlour rooms, through strange shops and endless storms.
Crowded with moments of stunning beauty, the 15 stories in his collection showcases Schulz's darkly modern sensibility, and his essential status as one of the great transformers of the ordinary into the fantastical:
- August, A Visitation, Birds, Pan, Cinnamon Shops, The Street of Crocodiles, Cockroaches, The Gale, The Night of the Great Season (from Cinnamon Shops)
- The Book, The Age of Genius, A July Night, My Father Joins the Firefighters, Father’s Final Escape (from Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass)
- Undula--a new translation of Schulz's recently discovered first published story
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781782277897 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
Featured Reviews
Ron B, Reviewer
Bruno Schulz, the legendary cult writer wrote brilliant stories that open and invade the mind to the mysteries beyond modern thinking. Rich descriptive wording that colours and shapes the remarkable stories. Highly recommended novel.
Jessica M, Reviewer
Thoroughly enjoyable, each story was unique and thought-provoking. Beautiful imagery and descriptive detail help bring these stories to vivid life. A great read
Lucia B, Reviewer
I will be modifying this review while I read the stories, but so far, the universe Bruno Schultz built looks cozy and familiar until you suddenly find yourselve with a twisted turn that shakes you... or an abrupt end.
The first story was kind of a shock once the final paragraphs are reached. All told so sweet that you have to read twice to make sure that was it. Second story is kind of a draft of the next one, also set in a familiar scenario, but with a surreal point.
But one thing in common for all these stories is Schulz's prose and the way he lays the fine details and the atmosphere to make you feel as if you were there.
All in all, a great discovery!
Reviewer 1023187
Bruno Schulz is one of my favorite authors and I was so delighted to read a previously unpublished story in this collection. The new translation was also great and I will be reading this again to compare side by side with the two other translations I currently own. I hope more people discover Bruno Schulz and fall in love with his writing with this collection.
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