by Maxim Biller
RED LOVE: THE STORY OF AN EAST GERMAN FAMILY
MAXIM LEO
‘Beautiful and supremely touching… an unbearably poignant description of a world that no longer exists’ Sunday Telegraph
THE BREAK
PIETRO GROSSI
‘Small and perfectly formed… reaching its end leaves the reader desirous to start all over again’ Independent
FROM THE FATHERLAND, WITH LOVE
RYU MURAKAMI
‘If Haruki is The Beatles of Japanese literature, Ryu is its Rolling Stones’ David Pilling
BUTTERFLIES IN NOVEMBER
AUÐUR AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
‘A funny, moving and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals’ Financial Times
BARCELONA SHADOWS
MARC PASTOR
‘As gruesome as it is gripping… the writing is extraordinarily vivid… Highly recommended’ Independent
THE LAST DAYS
LAURENT SEKSIK
‘Mesmerising… Seksik’s portrait of Zweig’s final months is dignified and tender’ Financial Times
BY BLOOD
ELLEN ULLMAN
‘Delicious and intriguing’ Daily Telegraph
WHILE THE GODS WERE SLEEPING
ERWIN MORTIER
‘A monumental, phenomenal book’ De Morgen
THE BRETHREN
ROBERT MERLE
‘A master of the historical novel’ Guardian
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Inside the Head of Bruno Schulz by Maxim Biller was originally published in Germany as Im Kopf von Bruno Schulz © 2013, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne
‘Birds’ and ‘Cinnamon Shops’ from The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, © C. J. Schulz 1963, © Jakob Schulz 1977, 1978. Originally published in Polish as Sklepy cynamonowe, 1934. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska, first published by Walker and Company in 1963. Reproduced with the kind permission of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
English translation © 2015 Anthea Bell
This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2015
ISBN 978 1 782271 44 4
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