WITOLD GOMBROWICZ
POLISH MEMOIRS
WANDERINGS IN ARGENTINA
Paris 1982, Instytut Literacki, Biblioteka Kultury vol. 362; pp. 13.5x21.5 cm
First edition!
"In the 1950s Witold Gombrowicz, after leaving Banco Polaco in Buenos Aires, found himself in a difficult financial situation. His existence was facilitated by a very modest stipend from Radio Free Europe, granted in exchange for a regular series of radio talks. In the archives of RWE, these texts have unfortunately not survived and were probably never broadcast.... " (excerpt from the preface)
"Polish Memoirs are among the lesser-known works of Witold Gombrowicz. They were published only after the writer's death, and are maintained in the form of a free, full of anecdotes and digressions storytelling about pre-war times, about the artistic life of Warsaw and the people he met. The book has the value of a spiritual autobiography of the writer and is the most important for understanding his other works." Source: Wydawnictwo Literackie
BACK COVER
Condition DB+/ lightly damaged cover
