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Outsider Everywhere: Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina

Outsider Everywhere: Witold Gombrowicz in Argentina

Halfon, Mercedes
Rahul, Bery

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Literary FiguresLetters & EssaysSouth American History

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ISBN10: 1804272353
ISBN13: 9781804272350
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: Nov 3 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
A gripping portrait of Witold Gombrowicz, a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become 'one of the greatest novelists of our century' (Milan Kundera).

In August 1939, a ship flying the Polish flag docked in Buenos Aires. On board was a delegation of businessmen, diplomats and journalists. Days later, the captain received orders to return home with all crew and passengers in light of the imminent outbreak of the Second World War. But one man, fascinated by the city, chose to stay at the very last minute. Thus began the unexpected twenty-four-year Argentine exile of one of the twentieth century's major writers: Witold Gombrowicz. Drawing on his writings and interviews with surviving disciples, writers and scholars, Mercedes Halfon's Outsider Everywhere traces Gombrowicz's Argentine years in elegant, pared-back prose, and composes a vivid account of mid-century bohemia in Buenos Aires. Brilliantly translated by Rahul Bery, Mercedes Halfon's Outsider Everywhere is a gripping portrait of a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to become 'one of the greatest novelists of our century' (Milan Kundera).

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