Abstract
Abstract The general historical account of Witold Gombrowicz is that no sooner had the young author arrived in Argentina than the war broke out in Europe. Germany’s invasion of Poland meant a closing of the borders, and that prompted Gombrowicz’s decision to remain in Argentina. A strong, committed choice (albeit one committed to noncommitment), since his compatriots opted to scramble back on board the Chroby, the boat that had brought them to the Río de la Plata, to head home to Europe and enlist in the Polish resistance. A tough decision, but one influenced by an incontrovertible fact: Gombrowicz chose to stay because his homeland was occupied, and he did not want to fight, basically for three reasons: he was asthmatic, ideologically he was against war and those who wage it, and it was apparently a matter of no interest to him.
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