Witold Gombrowicz
Birth date: August 04, 1904
Died: July 25, 1969
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Gombrowicz is a unique writer, very difficult to translate into English. This book was translated by a winner of the Polish government's "Found in Translation" award, which she won partly on the basis of this translation. What I find interesting about Gombrowicz is that his two biggest insights into...
I remember a song from my youth—one we played on record players before households had stereos. A time when said record players still had a setting for 78 rpm, which is what we had to use to play this tune. One of those childhood memories which never really goes away. A song that was already old when...
One of the strangest books I have ever read. Yet, it was insightful and enjoyable. Something about it reminded me of the films of Darren Aronofsky or those of Lars von Trier. Perhaps the difficulty of explaining what it is about ... It was hard to read at times but I am glad I persisted, for it pays...
so far i've finished Cosmos. Taking a little break now. This was possibly the most disturbing story I've ever read. Not so much a mystery, not so much a story, sort of a step by step detailed description of how mediocrity can easily lead to insanity. kind of upsetting in a way, but with some rea...
Fredydork, pornography, and assmos. Bloody awful. Worst three novels I ever read. Maybe the translation was bad. It probably didn't help that I read them one after the other. To think one of these almost won a literary prize is almost beyond belief. These are the kind of books that the "litera...
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