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The street of crocodiles is inspired by the life and stories of polish writer bruno schulz 18921942. The street of crocodiles in the polish city of drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where recollections of bruno schulzs uncommon boyhood and of the eerie side of his merchant familys life are evoked in a. In 1934 the first collection of his stories appeared. A strange and solitary man, he taught art at a secondary school for boys in his native city of drohobycz in former southeastern poland.
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