“There was something tragic in that sloppy and immoderate fertility: the misery of a creature struggling on the border of nothingness and death; the strange heroism of a femininity triumphant in its fecundity over the deformity of nature and the insufficiency of man. Yet her progeny revealed the cause of that maternal panic, that frenzy of birthing that had exhausted itself in abortive foetuses and an ephemeral generation of phantoms without blood or faces.”
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Nocturnal Apparitions: Essential Stories
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Bruno Schulz
Bruno Schulz was a Polish writer born on July 12, 1892, and died on November 19, 1942. Known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights, Schulz's work blends elements of surrealism and magical realism. more
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