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Street of Crocodiles and Other Storiesby Bruno Schulz is a mosaic of tales set in a small Galician town that becomes both a real landscape and a mythic stage. The narrator, often a child version of Schulz himself, observes his surroundings with a heightened sensitivity, turning mundane details into symbols of mystery. Central to the collection is the figure of his father, a man who drifts between eccentric genius and madness. He raises exotic birds in the attic, speaks of cosmic secrets hidden in dust and fabrics, and gradually withdraws into a private world of visions and obsessions. His decline mirrors the disintegration of the household but also gives rise to strange revelations that transform ordinary life into myth.
The title story, The Street of Crocodiles, presents a once-vibrant commercial district that now feels artificial and decayed. Shops filled with cheap goods, mannequins, and false displays become a metaphor for a society built on illusion and decline. In other stories, objects rebel against their purpose—tailors mannequins take on lifelike qualities, fabrics breathe, and the boundaries between animate and inanimate blur. Childhood perception, with its openness to the surreal, allows the narrator to witness these metamorphoses, while adults seem resigned to a reality stripped of wonder.
The narrative does not follow a conventional plot but moves through fragments of memory, dreamlike episodes, and mythic imagery. Each story is a window into a world where time stretches and dissolves, seasons expand into endless variations, and the town itself seems alive with hidden rhythms. Through this kaleidoscopic vision, Schulz captures the fragility of human existence, the yearning for transcendence, and the inexhaustible strangeness of everyday life.
Since its publication, Schulzs collection has been recognized as one of the great achievements of modernist literature. Its mixture of lyrical prose, surreal imagery, and psychological depth invites readers into a world that feels both intimate and ungraspable.
Bruno Schulz (1892–1942) was a Polish-Jewish writer, painter, and illustrator. His literary universe, though small in volume, is marked by its intensity and originality, blending autobiographical traces with myth, allegory, and dream. His life was tragically cut short during the Holocaust, but his work continues to resonate as a singular voice in 20th-century literature.
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