" Ferdydurke is certainly a spontaneous work, but the Diary is even more so, and . even more rewarding."--John Bayley, New York Review of Books "Get hold of Diary . If Gombrowicz is great--and he is--that is where his greatness lies."--John Banville, New York Times "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 "The spiky brilliance and episodes of vivid experience that share the pages of the Diary with essay-length reflections give the collection as a whole a restive, fugitive rhythm. A provocative experience."--Eric Banks, Bookforum.