Ferdydurke

[Anonymous No.19692537]

The greatest work of the twentieth century. A modernist masterpiece that BTFOs everyone. Man creates Form, which can never be authentic. Our lives are characterized by the struggle between the Face (gęba), the Butt (pupa), and the Calf (łydka) - our social mask; our infantile, candid nature; the relentless quest for youth and beauty.

It is never too late to board the Gombrowicz ferry, anon

[Anonymous No.19692549]

>>19692537
Pupa is definitely what Joyce struggled with!

[Anonymous No.19692558]

where to buy in English?

[Anonymous No.19692568]

>>19692537
We get it, Retard, you just discovered Gombrowicz and now have developed an unfounded superiority complex. Many such cases.

[Anonymous No.19692598]

>>19692568
>I’m only allowed to discuss the starter pack on /lit/

[Anonymous No.19692616]

>>19692537
Yes lad. Also features the best duel scene since like fuckin Eugene Oniegin

[Anonymous No.19692672]

>>19692558
You can pirate it in pdf or epub and it's sold in most major online stores. The English translation is by Danuta Borchardt and very good

>>19692568
I think you forgot the word "pseud"

[Anonymous No.19692674]

>>19692537
The crazy thing is that's not even Gombrowicz's best work.

[Anonymous No.19692713]

>>19692674
What’s his best?

[Anonymous No.19692717]

>>19692713
Pornografia

[Anonymous No.19692730]

>>19692713
His Diaries (unironically). You'll be thinking about passages from it years after you read it.

[Anonymous No.19692984]

>>19692537
What do you think of Cosmos?

[Anonymous No.19693274]

>>19692730
there's that one bit about how his contrarianism forced him, when visiting some friends that bred horses, to start an argument with them about how horse-riding is actually incredibly stupid and undignified and that nobody can actually look good on a horse because putting animals on top of other animals is ridiculous bullshit that should only inspire laughter. now i think about it every time i see an equestrian portrait.