tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post5133725635174549715..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: Diario argentinoRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-43198134155982017622014-12-27T10:47:48.113-05:002014-12-27T10:47:48.113-05:00I've enjoyed the two Gombrowicz works I've...I've enjoyed the two Gombrowicz works I've read so far, Séamus. He sure was from the "amusing weirdo" school of novelists all right! Speaking of which, looking forward to seeing how you get on with that Aira.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-90271736768430972502014-12-26T17:54:06.827-05:002014-12-26T17:54:06.827-05:00I have yet to read any Gombrowicz but soon, soon. ...I have yet to read any Gombrowicz but soon, soon. Currently reading Aira's Ghosts. Interesting thus far.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-59170504520379341252014-12-16T15:59:41.486-05:002014-12-16T15:59:41.486-05:00Scott, the imaginary Gombrowicz title that you and...Scott, the imaginary Gombrowicz title that you and Jacqui have made me want to check out is his book on <em>Asia</em> Argento! For now, I'm just making my way through <em>Trans-Atlantyk</em> alas.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-58255665434450332742014-12-16T15:55:19.712-05:002014-12-16T15:55:19.712-05:00It was great fun, Jacqui, and it made me laugh mor...It was great fun, Jacqui, and it made me laugh more and more because Dario Argento, I mean, Gombrowicz seemed to become more and more of a character as the diary went on--often resolving interior debates having to do with the purpose of his writing career with hilarious tirades beginning "I, Gombrowicz" or patting himself on the back for his "irreplaceable" greatness and originality! The ironic thing about the Borges, Bioy Casares and Ocampo comments in my copy of the diary is that Gombrowicz was obviously taking great pains to damn that crowd with faint praise; even though he devilishly claimed to be a count on his arrival in Argentina and would often affect "aristocratic" pretensions in his day to day behavior, he was apparently very interested in Argentina's "low culture" and seemed put off by some of the "high culture" snobbery of the Borges and Ocampo "artists."Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-70539321780946934142014-12-16T15:32:42.296-05:002014-12-16T15:32:42.296-05:00Stu, I hope to pick up a copy of that Yale Gombrow...Stu, I hope to pick up a copy of that Yale Gombrowicz <em>Diary</em> that you read before the end of the year. It's pretty great, isn't it? My edition, unfortunately, is incredibly abbreviated. As far as Gombrowicz's relation to contemporary Argentinean letters, though, I think he is/was in the hearts of many: Aira, Piglia, and Saer, for example, all either claim him as an influence or acknowledge his seminal contributions to the the modern Argentinean novel tradition as a result of his stay in the country (I have a post or two on this coming up if you care to check back).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-46065724102095452842014-12-16T14:06:07.727-05:002014-12-16T14:06:07.727-05:00I have two Gombrowicz books on the shelf as yet un...I have two Gombrowicz books on the shelf as yet unread, but the nonexistent one Jacqui imagines is what I'd really love to read: a Gombrowicz book on Dario Argento. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-39465821174180814802014-12-16T11:43:11.238-05:002014-12-16T11:43:11.238-05:00This sounds like great fun and really interesting ...This sounds like great fun and really interesting too with the author's links to Borges, Bioy Casares and Ocampo. I enjoyed reading your review and had to smile at the section on Argentine novelists treating their art as if it were a sporting competition. <br /><br />When this review came up in my reader, I misread the title as Dario Argento - you know, the director of Suspiria, Inferno and other giallo films!JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-51966728602527769682014-12-15T11:25:25.952-05:002014-12-15T11:25:25.952-05:00I read the yale version of this that came out in e...I read the yale version of this that came out in english a few years ago .I loved it he is such an interesting character in argentina but not iin their in heart still in europe at times stujallenhttp://winstonsdad.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com