Sklepy cynamonowe

Written by Bruno Schulz

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Sklepy cynamonowe to pierwszy, debiutancki cykl opowiadan Brunona Schulza, które pierwotnie byly postscriptami w listach do Debory Vogel i Wladyslawa Riffa. Utwory te, pisane poetycka proza, sa fantastycznym przetworzeniem realiów przedwojennego miasteczka galicyjskiego, w którym dostrzec mozna podobienstwo do Drohobycza, rodzinnego miasta pisarza. Zbiór, w sposób wizyjny i oniryczny, opowiada dzieje rodziny kupieckiej, którym to dziejom Schulz nadal walory mityczne. (Summary by Mateusz Wycislik.)

A collection of short stories written in 1931-1933, based on Schulz's memories from his childhood in the town of Drohobycz (now in Ukraine). (English summary by Sandra Zera.)

• Language: Język polski
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Bruno Schulz

Bruno Schulz was a Polish Jewish writer and artist who has influenced writers including Salman Rushdie, Roberto Bolaño, David Grossman and Cynthia Ozick. He was born and lived most of his life in the town of Drohobych, once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then Poland, and now part of Ukraine. He published two collections of short stories - Cinnamon Shops and The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass - during his lifetime. Schulz was shot and killed by a German SS officer in Drohobych in 1942. His unfinished novel, The Messiah, was lost in the Holocaust.