![]() ![]() Several of Schulz's works were lost in the Holocaust, including short stories from the early 1940s and his final, unfinished novel "The Messiah". In 1938, he was awarded the Polish Academy of Literature's prestigious Golden Laurel award. ![]() He is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century. ***'Bruno Schulz (Nov 19, 1942) was a Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher. 111 pages plus a single page advert at the back of the book. The paper stock is clean and uncreased - just lightly tanned. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions, just an owner's ink stamp on the inside back cover. ![]() Small indentation crease to the fore-edge of the front cover. The covers are clean with just slight marks and creases commensurate with age and handling. ***Near fine in glossy card covers, with an illustration by Arick Merzer on the front cover. Translated from the Polish and with a preface by Celina Wieniewska. ![]() First impression of the first UK paperback edition of this collection in English translation, and the first publication under this title - the book was originally published in hardback by MacGibbon & Kee as "Cinnamon Shops and other stories". ![]()
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