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Originally, he wanted the book titled "Argentina" because his whole memoir was about the daily minutiae, dealing with the responsibilities to his wife, family,
by noname123 11y ago
Originally, he wanted the book titled "Argentina" because his whole memoir was about the daily minutiae, dealing with the responsibilities to his wife, family, children, society, professional courtesies and liberal sensibilities of Scandinavian society en-route to an inexhaustible march to growing old and useless with an nagging sense of not accomplishing anything in particular, like being caught up with life never to have taken a trip to Argentina.
One of his good friend when talking about this, mentioned that it'd be more appropriate for him to title the book then "My Struggle". (Everyday mundane life is a battle field. Inside, we are all more neurotic than we all present to other people? Retreating to a refuge as Peronist regime is more a fantasy when our personal Stalingrad already happened, when what is inevitable and predictable: standing on the Berlin Furtherbunker stage when the curtain falls.)
His editor initially said that it'd be impossible. But after a few weeks, recanted his decision and went ahead with the book title.