$31.19
- Paperback
800 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2012
Summary
A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz’s acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored
Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his Diary with one of literature’s most memorable openings:
“Monday Me. Tuesday Me. Wednesday Me. Thursday Me.”
Gombrowicz’s Diary
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300118063 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300118066 |
| Author: | Witold Gombrowicz, Lillian Vallee |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 800 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 51mm x 152mm x 197mm |
| Series: | The Margellos World Republic of Letters |
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Critics Review
“Ferdydurke is certainly a spontaneous work, but the Diary is even more so, and … even more rewarding.”—John Bayley, New York Review of Books
“Get hold of Diary. If Gombrowicz is great—and he is—that is where his greatness lies.”—John Banville, New York Times
“A heroic translation… . English-speaking readers can finally experience the Diary as Gombrowicz intended it—as a single, coherent work … his major creative endeavor.”—Ruth Franklin, New Yorker
“Having this book in my hands, I felt a joy at the thought that strong personalities, like that of Gombrowicz, sooner or later find recognition thanks to the sheer intensity of their existence.”—Czeslaw Milosz, New York Times
“If ever a life demanded a diary, this was one.”—Paul West, Washington Post
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) was a Polish-born writer of novels, short stories, and plays. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.
Lillian Vallee is an award-winning translator of literature from the Polish.
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