{"product_id":"nocturnal-apparitions-essential-stories-9781782277897","title":"Nocturnal Apparitions: Essential Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning new collection featuring fresh translations of Bruno Schulz's 15 most captivating short stories, in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes a new translation of a recently discovered story, believed to be the first-ever published work by this legendary cult writer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrowded 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: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAugust, A Visitation, Birds, Pan, Cinnamon Shops, The Street of Crocodiles, Cockroaches, The Gale, The Night of the Great Season\u003c\/b\u003e (from \u003ci\u003eCinnamon Shops\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Book, The Age of Genius, A July Night, My Father Joins the Firefighters, Father's Final Escape\u003c\/b\u003e (from \u003ci\u003eSanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eUndula--a new translation of Schulz's recently discovered first published story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruno Schulz \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Polish Jewish writer and artist, regarded as one of the greatest Polish-language writers of all time. He was born and lived most of his life in the town of Drohobych, once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now part of Ukraine. he published two collections of short stories - \u003ci\u003eCinnamon Shops\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e - during his lifetime Schulz was shot and killed by a German Gestapo officer in 1942, whilst walking home with a loaf of bread. Much of his writing, including his final, unfinished novel \u003ci\u003eThe Messiah\u003c\/i\u003e, was lost in the Holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Bill \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator and professor of Polish Studies. He is the founder and editor-at-large of the news and opinion website \u003ci\u003eNotes from Poland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642940821778,"sku":"9781782277897","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aebd76ca-4bf8-4e63-83f5-b87e3ecf8149.jpg?v=1773737892","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nocturnal-apparitions-essential-stories-9781782277897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}