Killing Auntie

"The Polish postwar firebrand Andrzej Bursa acquired a reputation as a quick-burning, existentially tormented rebel. . . . Yet Bursa''s dark humor and deadpan satire . . . keep utter bleakness at bay."—The Independent

"A revolution against the banality of everyday life."—Gazeta Krakowska

A young university student named Jurek, with no particular ambitions or talents, is adrift. After his doting aunt...