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A review by leftistsquidward
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz
4.0
“In spite of the metamorphosis, the resemblance was incredible”
Schultz’s prose is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying all at once. The collected ramblings of subjects entering a sort of kafkaesque world but fully buying into the chaos and trying to rationalise it. There are a couple chapters where the book drags a bit but “Spring”, “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass” and “The Old-Age Pensioner” might be some of my favourite stories I’ve ever read.
If you’re looking for the pompous deliberations of a mad person caught in the mysticism of their own family and national history then boy, do I have a book for you.
Schultz’s prose is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying all at once. The collected ramblings of subjects entering a sort of kafkaesque world but fully buying into the chaos and trying to rationalise it. There are a couple chapters where the book drags a bit but “Spring”, “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass” and “The Old-Age Pensioner” might be some of my favourite stories I’ve ever read.
If you’re looking for the pompous deliberations of a mad person caught in the mysticism of their own family and national history then boy, do I have a book for you.