ttings of his workare widely regarded as bleak and burnished. The world he represents in his stories is not necessarilyin keeping with the images often associated with Poland during his lifetime. Given this, the helpoffered by Jacob seems likely to have been invaluable. The younger Schulz was certainly in a positionto be of immense aid to the companys understanding of his uncles unique character. The content ofhis uncles writing commented very little on the author himself. Of course the nature of the narrativeis revealing in and of itself and says much about the man who gives it voice. Jacobs personalexperience of his uncle can only have helped to add depth and texture to the figure of the man and hisworld. I believe the single most brilliant aspect of the original writings of Bruno Schulz is this. Thebeauty with which he sees and experiences his world seems fully contained within the writer himself. Without ever commenting on his own perspective he appears completely unaware of his integralpresence within his own narrative. He thus becomes not simply the filter through which his readersexperience his world, but the actual object of the their observation. This subtle shift in focus is quitelikely to be the key element that accounts for the surreal aspect of his works effect. The tenuousredirection of cynosure leaves the reader unwittingly off-balance in territories mistaken as familiar. At this point Schulz is free to compel his readers on a journey inward. There they are apt to join himin an examination of the nature of recollection that in itself outshines any individual memory. Here lies the challenge to the creators of the theatrical piece. Their task is to extend farbeyond simply portraying the stories of Bruno Schulz in some way upon the stage. Simply adapting aselection of characters and settings from the collected stories would do little to bring the world inhabited by them to the audience. Beyond communica...
