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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Lone Wolf77
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I read the Street of Crocodiles from this collection quite a few years ago and was so deeply impressed that fragments have stayed with me as if they were my own dreams (the dreams that touch some archtypal depth to an extent that you never forget).
It has such a surreal, rich atmosphere and use of metaphor, at times glorious at times dark - always a joy. In Schulz this atmosphere and metaphor are the drivers for the story. It allows you to access the psychological states of the characters in some highly personal manner that isn't possible with straightforward storytelling.
With both Street of Crocodiles and Sanitorium Under the Sign of an Hourglass, it was about half way through reading the inter-linked short stories that I realised I was aclimatised to Schulz's weirdness, and was suddenly totally and utterly blown away by him. The language, even in English translation, is absolutely radiant. Lyrical beauty and warmth exists, but in some passages things can get disturbing and dark. These passages leave me with the feeling of a beautiful dream which was also vaguely disturbing, which touches some primal part of the self.
In my mind Schulz is one of the greatest talents of the 20th century. It's a great loss to literature that he was killed (shot dead by a Nazi officer) and much of his work lost - apparently forever.
It has such a surreal, rich atmosphere and use of metaphor, at times glorious at times dark - always a joy. In Schulz this atmosphere and metaphor are the drivers for the story. It allows you to access the psychological states of the characters in some highly personal manner that isn't possible with straightforward storytelling.
With both Street of Crocodiles and Sanitorium Under the Sign of an Hourglass, it was about half way through reading the inter-linked short stories that I realised I was aclimatised to Schulz's weirdness, and was suddenly totally and utterly blown away by him. The language, even in English translation, is absolutely radiant. Lyrical beauty and warmth exists, but in some passages things can get disturbing and dark. These passages leave me with the feeling of a beautiful dream which was also vaguely disturbing, which touches some primal part of the self.
In my mind Schulz is one of the greatest talents of the 20th century. It's a great loss to literature that he was killed (shot dead by a Nazi officer) and much of his work lost - apparently forever.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Alfie Cooke
Format:Paperback
The low-rating that this book has doesn't do it justice. Schulz is an extremely interesting writer (see the reviews of a different edition (Street of Crocodiles (Penguin 20th century classic)) in that distinctly eastern-European mold of 20th century literature (Kafka, Gombrowicz).
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By B.Graham
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Got into the guy through the Quay Bros.
Jewish,East European sensitivities between the 2 world wars.
Superb short stories shot through with realism,amazing flights of fancy all wrapped up in an adolescents view..Startlingly honest and a marvellous evocation of the times and philosophies
swirling around mid european states soon to be consumed by Fascism of the right and left.
Jewish,East European sensitivities between the 2 world wars.
Superb short stories shot through with realism,amazing flights of fancy all wrapped up in an adolescents view..Startlingly honest and a marvellous evocation of the times and philosophies
swirling around mid european states soon to be consumed by Fascism of the right and left.
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I bought this book because I love the film version of 'The Hourglass Sanatorium'. The original story is also contained in this book alongside 'The Street of Crocodiles' but I found... Read more
Published on 13 May 2011 by Apostasy Now
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When I found out Safran Foer's new book had something to do with Schulz' 'The Street of Crocodiles', I had to read it. As much as I try to, I don't love it. Read more
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Please, Amazon! What have you against Austrian authors? First you say that Thomas Bernhard is from Australia, then, in your listing of "Street of Crocodiles", you say that it is... Read more
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