Regions of the Great Heresy – Bruno Schulz A Biographical Portrait

Sixty years after his murder by the Nazis Bruno Schulz one of the twentieth centurys greatest and most enigmatic writers is experiencing a renaissance in part occasioned by this biography by the renowned Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski. Widely regarded as the worlds foremost authority on Schulz Ficowski reconstructs the authors life story and evokes the fictional vision of his best-known works The Street of Crocodiles and Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. Including many of Schulzs paintings and letters as well as new information on the Mossads removal of Schulzs murals from Poland in 2001 this book will stand for years to come as the definitive account of the authors tragic life. Developed for publication by The Jewish Heritage Projects International Initiative for Literature of the Holocaust.