The narrator of a story by this author unpacks a giant black folding telescope in his room the morning after he climbs in bed next to his father in a facility run by Dr. Gotard where everyone sleeps all the time.
One of this author's characters imports bird eggs from zoos across Europe and Africa and hatches them to create his personal aviary, complete with a condor who shares his chamberpot. The narrator of a story by this author unpacks a giant black folding telescope in his room the morning after he climbs in bed next to his father in a facility run by Dr. Gotard where everyone sleeps all the time. A collection by this author ends by recounting how the narrator's uncle Edward was transformed into an electric bell who rings himself to death, after getting roped into experiments conducted by the narrator's (*) father, who himself transforms into a cockroach. Despite being offered protection by an officer who enjoyed the black-and-white illustrations he made for his books, this author was shot to death by a Gestapo officer in 1942. For 10 points, name this Polish Jewish writer whose surviving stories are collected in Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass and The Street of Crocodiles.
One of this author's characters imports bird eggs from zoos across Europe and Africa and hatches them to create his personal aviary, complete with a condor who shares his chamberpot.
Bruno Schulz