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85 ratings, 4.35 average rating, 9 reviews
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published
November 1st 1997
by Mariner Books
binding
Paperback, 200 pages
isbn
0395860237
(isbn13: 9780395860236)
description
This is the second and final work of Bruno Schulz, the acclaimed Polish writer killed by the Nazis during World War II. In the words of Isaac Bashevis...more
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Read in December, 2007
I have had this book on my coffee table for months, and I read a few passages here and there, usually on weekends when my mind has readjusted to its proper speed. And I think I will leave it there so that I can re-read it several more times.
The most wonderful, most enjoyable parts of Sanatorium are the descriptions, like when Schulz describes the smells of spring, the white dress of a young girl, or – my favorite – the wonders of a stamp collection, which bring the mind of a young prov...more
The most wonderful, most enjoyable parts of Sanatorium are the descriptions, like when Schulz describes the smells of spring, the white dress of a young girl, or – my favorite – the wonders of a stamp collection, which bring the mind of a young prov...more
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Read in January, 2007
This book has some very strikingly beautiful imagery and the idea of the sanatorium itself is brilliant. I truly appreciate the dreamlike quality of the setting, but just like other peoples' dreams, they do not always keep you captivated...
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Read in September, 2008
Sanatorium is full of wonderful imagery, but I was not as enraptured as I was with The Street of Crocodiles.
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i'm not going to try this time. just read this or street of crocodiles sometime. remember then do. it's easy peasy.
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Read in January, 2000
Whenever I want to close a book by opening it I think of Schulz and his tiny spheres of limitless wandering.
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Begun, though saved in earnest for a colder time and a wider view from the nearest window.
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i need to add a shelf for books that have faded in the fog of time and need to be reread...
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Not as transcendently gorgeous as Street of Crocodiles but not to be missed.
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"There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained in mere facts. They are merely trying to occur, they are checking whether the ground of reality can carry them. And they quickly withdraw, fearing to loose their integrity in the frailty of realization. "
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