13 Best fiction books like The Street of Crocodiles by Jonathan Safran Foer, Bruno Schulz, Jerzy Ficowski, Celina Wieniewska

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The Street of Crocodiles

By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r…

"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

If you liked the fiction plot in The Street of Crocodiles by Jonathan Safran Foer, Bruno Schulz, Jerzy Ficowski, Celina Wieniewska , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Moralność pani Dulskiej by Gabriela Zapolska

1. Moralność pani Dulskiej

By: Gabriela Zapolska

3.58

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Jeden z najsłynniejszych dramatów w literaturze polskiej. Autorka z pasją nakreśla obraz "życia prz… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Zapolska's Moralność pani Dulskiej book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • fiction
  • polish literature
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2. Szewcy

By: None

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Centralnym zagadnieniem Szewcow (1934) uczynil Witkacy nadejscie nowego wspanialego swiata . W nauk… read more

Similar categories in None's Szewcy book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • polish literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Inny świat by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

3. Inny świat

By: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

3.97

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Wspomnienia Gustawa Herlinga - Grudzińskiego z sowieckiego łagru w Jercewie pod Archagielskiem. Ksi… read more

Similar categories in Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's Inny świat book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • polish literature
  • poland
  • classics
  • school
"Myślę z przerażeniem i głębokim wstydem o Europie przedzielonej na pół Bugiem, w której po jednej stronie miliony niewolników sowieckich modliły się o wyzwolenie z rąk armii hitlerowskiej, a po drugi…"

-Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Inny świat

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4. Ferdydurke

By: Witold Gombrowicz , Danuta Borchardt

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this bitterly funny novel by the renowned Polish author Witold Gombrowicz. a writer finds himsel… read more

Similar categories in Witold Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
"Oy, stil – tiranların aleti!"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Yakında kendi kişiliklerimizden ve kişiselliklerimizden korkmaya başlayacağız, çünkü onların hiç de sonuna kadar bizim olmadıkları, bizler için apaçık olacak. Ve “Ben buna inanıyorum – ben bunu hisse…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"I wished, first of all, to buy my way into people's good graces with my book so that, in subsequent personal contact, I would find the ground already prepared, and, I reasoned, if I succeeded in impl…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

"Sonuna kadar insan olmayanların sonuna kadar dünya olmayan dünyasını bir ân bile unutamıyordum -ve panikle korka korka, acayip iğrene iğrene, onun bataklık yeşilini sadece gözümde canlandırdığımda bi…"

-Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

5. The Children of Noisy Village

By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Florence Lamborn

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Noisy Village! Go crayfishing in the summer at Nocken, "dipping in the pot" at Christmas… read more

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6. Wesele

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

3.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Wesele zostało zainspirowane prawdziwym wydarzeniem: ślubem poety Lucjana Rydla z chłopką Jadwigą M… read more

Similar categories in Stanisław Wyspiański's Wesele book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • fiction
  • polish literature
  • fantasy
"Miałeś, chamie, złoty róg, miałeś, chamie, czapkę z piór: czapkę wicher niesie, róg huka po lesie, ostał ci się ino sznur, ostał ci się ino sznur."

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

"POETA Po całym świecie możesz szukać Polski, panno młoda, i nigdzie jej nie znajdziecie. PANNA MŁODA To może i szukać szkoda. POETA A jest jedna mała klatka - o, niech tak Jagusia przymknie rękę pod …"

-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele

7. Przedwiośnie

By: Stefan Żeromski

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Przedwiosnie - ostatnia powiesc Zeromskiego - prezentuje panoramiczny obraz panstwa polskiego odrad… read more

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8. Trans-Atlantyk

By: Witold Gombrowicz , None , None

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

A semi-autobiographical, satirical novel that throws into perspective all of Gombrowicz's major lit… read more

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9. Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem

By: Hanna Krall

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Zdazyc przed Panem Bogiem to slowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera ksiazki Hanny Krall, ktorego zyciorys s… read more

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10. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

By: Michael Kandel , Jan Kott , Tadeusz Borowski , None

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz… read more

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11. Tango

By: Sławomir Mrożek

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Tango to dramat o wspolczesnym spoleczenstwie, w ktorym panuje konformizm, anarchia, brak postaw. F… read more

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Cover of The Street of Crocodiles by Jonathan Safran Foer, Bruno Schulz, Jerzy Ficowski, Celina Wieniewska

12. The Street of Crocodiles

By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • magical realism
  • school
  • literature
  • poland
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
  • fantasy
"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

"The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference."

-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles

13. Granica

By: Zofia Nałkowska

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Granica to czolowe osiagniecie literatury dwudziestolecia miedzywojennego w dziedzinie prozy psycho… read more

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14. Katedra

By: Jacek Dukaj

2.97

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

7 minut i 37 stron do Hollywood Katedra nominowana do Oscara TOMEK BAGIŃSKI - twórca Katedry, fil… read more

Similar categories in Jacek Dukaj's Katedra book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • polish literature
  • fantasy
Cover of Mała apokalipsa by Tadeusz Konwicki

15. Mała apokalipsa

By: Tadeusz Konwicki

3.63

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

"Oto nadchodzi koniec świata. Oto nadciąga, zbliża się czy raczej przypełza mój własny koniec świat… read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Konwicki's Mała apokalipsa book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
"Dreams are debris from bad day. Dreams are poems by bad poets that never got written."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Yes, I am confusing literature with life. I'm declaring my own ordinary life to be a work of literature."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"She smelled like water that had been warmed by the sun, and she also had the sharp, enticing aroma of birch leaves."

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

"Character is a lack of doubt, character is stubbornly persevering in an intention no matter how senseless it is, character is a lack of imagination, character is inborn dullness, character is the mis…"

-Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa

Cover of Lilla Weneda by Juliusz Słowacki

16. Lilla Weneda

By: Juliusz Słowacki

3.46

Format: 83 pages, ebook

Tragedia podbitego narodu Wenedów przedstawiona jest w utworze w stylistyce bliskiej mitologii celt… read more

Similar categories in Juliusz Słowacki's Lilla Weneda book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • fiction
  • polish literature
  • fantasy
Cover of Ludzie, którzy szli by Tadeusz Borowski

17. Ludzie, którzy szli

By: Tadeusz Borowski

3.74

Format: 15 pages, ebook

Opowiadanie z tomu Byliśmy w Oświęcimiu z roku 1946 Tadeusza Borowskiego przedstawia tragiczne wyda… read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Borowski's Ludzie, którzy szli book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
Cover of Profesor Andrews w Warszawie. Wyspa by Olga Tokarczuk

18. Profesor Andrews w Warszawie. Wyspa

By: Olga Tokarczuk

3.74

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Dwa opowiadania za zbioru Gra na wielu bębenkach. Oko w oko z niespodziewanym. Dwie historie lud… read more

Similar categories in Olga Tokarczuk's Profesor Andrews w Warszawie. Wyspa book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • polish literature
Cover of Górą Edek by Marek Nowakowski

19. Górą Edek

By: Marek Nowakowski

3.22

Format: 4 pages, ebook

Opowiadanie Marka Nowakowskiego, autora słynącego ze swojej postawy antykomunistycznej. Jego teksty… read more

Similar categories in Marek Nowakowski's Górą Edek book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • polish literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Noc listopadowa by Stanisław Wyspiański

20. Noc listopadowa

By: Stanisław Wyspiański

2.59

Format: 278 pages, ebook

Trzeci z kolei utwór Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, po „Warszawiance” i „Lelewelu”, poruszający tematykę… read more

Similar categories in Stanisław Wyspiański's Noc listopadowa book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • polish literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Kartoteka by Tadeusz Różewicz

21. Kartoteka

By: Tadeusz Różewicz

3.68

Format: 92 pages, None

Jeden z najważniejszych dramatów powojennych. Głównym elementem artystycznym, będącym scenicznym wy… read more

Similar categories in Tadeusz Różewicz's Kartoteka book and Jonathan Safran Foer's The Street of Crocodiles

  • classics
  • school
  • poland
  • fiction
  • 20th century
  • polish literature
"Że też w tym kraju każdy kelner jest filozofem i każdy filozof kelnerem."

-Tadeusz Różewicz, Kartoteka

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Gabriela Zapolska

3.58

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3.39

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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

3.97

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3.78

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Bolesław Prus

3.82

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3.39

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Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

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