Posted by Sterling on 13/4/2008, 11:46:33, in reply to "Re: Street of Crocodiles"
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Lale:
You've tried to read the wrong thing.
The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz is a series of linked short stories that together give an impression (to me, anyway) of a short, fragmented novel.
It is not a play. (As I mentioned in another thread, I do not usually find much pleasure in reading plays, either.)
Theatre de Complicite adapted the book into play sometime within the past two decades, and it has been published. Searching the net, there may even be another theatrical adaptation.
Find an edition of Mr. Schulz's original book, not the play. (I bought mine from Amazon; it is published by Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics.) I think you're in for a treat.
--Previous Message--
: For two nights in a row, I tried to read this book, I
: couldn't.
:
: I don't understand a word of it.
:
: I have read about a dozen plays (the usual suspects
: such as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie,
: The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, Death of a
: Salesman, Waiting for Godot, Antigone etc.) and they
: are always awkward to read, but this one... I just
: couldn't read it.
:
: Please believe me, I tried.
:
: My copy has photos from a production of this play,
: even the photos didn't make any sense.
:
: Lale
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