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Book SynopsisA single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored
Trade Review“
Ferdydurke is certainly a spontaneous work, but the
Diary is even more so, and . . . even more rewarding.”—John Bayley,
New York Review of Books“A heroic translation. . . . English-speaking readers can finally experience the
Diary as Gombrowicz intended it—as a single, coherent work . . . his major creative endeavor.”—Ruth Franklin,
New Yorker“Having this book in my hands, I felt a joy at the thought that strong personalities, like that of Gombrowicz, sooner or later find recognition thanks to the sheer intensity of their existence.”—Czeslaw Milosz,
New York Times“If ever a life demanded a diary, this was one.”—Paul West,
Washington Post“Yale University Press by reprinting in a beautiful fat paperback an updated, complete edition of the
Diaries of Witold Gombrowicz has done a singular important, essential and remarkable job.”—Thomas McGonigle,
ABC of Reading“Widely considered the Polish author’s masterpiece . . . the
Diary lacks for nothing: history, politics, philosophy, literature, art, music, love, death, humor, communism, Poland, Europe, writing—everything is there.”—
Paris Review Daily“The new complete version of Witold Gombrowicz’s
Diary is one jubilant, gruesome, unsparing self-portrait.”—Adam Thirlwell,
New Statesman
