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Kundera has said that Gombrowicz's work was a precursor to the modern European novel, and has compared him to no less a figure than Czech author Franz Kafka.

According to Fuentes, ”Ferdydurke” (a book that is almost impossible to find in Argentina), should be included on the list of ”10 best novels of the past 100 years.”

Argentine writer Santiago Vega (also known as Washington Cucurto), author of ”Cosa de negros”, said in a conversation with IPS that Gombrowicz and his dear friend, the exiled Cuban poet Virgilio Piñera (”La isla en peso”), were ”marginalized” from Argentina's literary circles of the era.

But, he said, the irony is that the two foreigners ”reinvented Argentine literature for the future.”

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