From Diary, by Witold Gombrowicz, translated by Lillian Vallee
AS THINGS ARE NOW
"As things are now, the author, though he is alive, has to pretend he's dead. I was once present at a fierce discussion between Kott -- and Brieter? -- on what X 'wanted to say' in his last work. They pelted each other with quotes. I proposed that they put the question to the author over the telephone and even gave them his number. They stopped dead in their tracks and in a minute began to talk about something else. When the problem was reduced to a question over the telephone, it ceased to interest them."
From XIII Monday
Saturday, March 28, 2015
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