Caroline’s Reviews > Outsider Everywhere: Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina > Status Update

Jag är iaf helt osugen på att läsa G:s dagbok nu.

“At that stage he knew a fair amount of Spanish but spoke with a very strong accent. We would discuss every aspect of each sentence: the choice of words, their euphony, their cadence and rhythm. […] It was not only necessary to translate, but also to invent new words to find equivalents to the Polish ones. […] we spent three hours arguing about matungos de tiro (workhorses).
It was a very violent discussion.