The bitter smell of almonds : selected fiction / Arnošt Lustig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lustig, Arnošt.

Series:

Jewish lives

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2001

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Lustig, Arnošt--Translations into English.

Lustig, Arnošt.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

724 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2001.

Summary:

For the first time, Arnost Lustig's short story collections Street of Lost Brothers and Indecent Dreams and his novel Dita Saxova are brought together in an omnibus edition. As with all of Lustig's works, these tales reverberate with themes of loss and contradiction, with the torments of suffering and survival. In The Bitter Smell of Almonds, Lustig asks questions as old and as universal as humankind's search for the meaning of existence; and his characters, often juxtaposed against people or situations they cannot comprehend, attempt to come to terms with the unthinkable and with life itself.

Contents:

Street of Lost Brothers: Stories 1

Morning till Evening 5

Infinity 29

A Man the Size of a Postage Stamp 57

Night 93

First before the Gates 111

Clock Like a Windmill 135

Red Oleanders 173

Dita Saxova 213

Indecent Dreams: Novellas 569

Blue Day 571

The Girl with the Scar 611

Indecent Dreams 663.

Notes:

Translated from Czech.

Originally published by Northwestern Press as 3 separate works: Street of lost brothers (1990), Indecent dreams (1998) and Dita Saxova (1993).

ISBN:

0810119021

OCLC:

46969933