The street of crocodiles
By: Bruno Schulz ; translated by Celina Wieniewska ; introduction by Jerzy Ficowski ; introduction translated by Michael Kandel.
Contributors: Weinewska, Celina.
Series: Writers from the other Europe
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng; pol
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Polish fiction.
Other titles: Cinnamon shops.
Work titles: Sklepy cynamonowe.
Description: "The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of Bruno Schulz's uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant family's life are evoked in a startling blend of the real and the fantastic"--Back cover.
Notes: This translation originally published, as 'The street of crocodiles', New York , Walker, 1963 ; and as 'Cinnamonshops'. London , MacGibbon and Kee, 1963. - Translation of, Sklepy cynamonowe'. Krakow , s.n., 1934.