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Book SynopsisA fresh portrait of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist, and a gripping account of the secret operation to rescue his last artworks
Trade Review"Excellent...An absorbing, terrifying history of a special writer who deserves to be known for reasons entirely apart from the historical nightmare that engulfed him." -- Scott Bradfield - The Spectator
"Engaging and provocative…This biography, which weaves well-chosen, colourful threads from Schulz’s writings into the threadbare fabric of his days, stands as the best brief introduction to the author currently available in English" -- Boris Dralyuk - The Times Literary Supplement
"Balint does a fine job of capturing Schulz’s life and his world before the war, his deeply peculiar mind and the fascinating figures in whose orbit he moved" -- Joe Moshenska - The Observer
"“The clearest, most evenhanded account to date of the tangled afterlife of the Master of Drohobych….An unflaggingly curious and fastidious critic, the Jerusalem-based Balint has forged a career out of examining cases like this one….Balint excels at distinguishing the possible ownership of artifacts from the impossible ownership of legacies, and demonstrates with sensitivity how in the clash between so-called intellectual property rights and so-called moral rights, the only sure loser is the artist himself, especially if he is no longer around to defend (or define) himself.”" -- Joshua Cohen - The New York Times Book Review
