Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.
Bruno SchulzAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Painter
- Nationality: polish
- Born: July 12, 1892
- Died: November 19, 1942
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