GR translation: a bitter day at the racetrack

[Mike Jing]

Well, yes. Squalidozzi is the Argentine in question here, is it not?
Maybe I'm not quite following you. In that case, please elaborate.

I was just wondering what "a bitter day at the racetrack" actually
entails. In other words, what was he doing at the racetrack and why is
the day "bitter"?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:33 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd say it's the Argentine with the bitter day at the racetrack, and it
> seems to be a rather normal allusion.
>
> See also: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11221/1/11221.pdf?DDD11+dng0st+dng0st+dul4eg,
> p. 56
>
> 2016-09-28 4:51 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>
>> V384.41-385.14, P391.8-22   They were sporting the Caligari gloves
>> which now enjoy a summer vogue in the Zone: bone white, except for the
>> four lines in deep violet fanning up each gloveback from wrist to
>> knuckles. All wore suits nearly as light-colored as the teeth. It
>> seemed extravagant to Squalidozzi, after Buenos Aires and Zürich. The
>> women crossed their legs often: they were tense as vipers. In the air
>> was a grassy smell, a smell of leaves burning, that was strange to the
>> Argentine who, terminally homesick, had only the smell of freshly
>> brewed maté after a bitter day at the racetrack to connect it with.
>> Crowned window frames gave out on the brick factory courtyard where
>> summer air moved softly. The filmlight flickered blue across empty
>> windows as if it were breath trying to produce a note. The images grew
>> blunt with vengeance. “Yay!” screamed all the zootsters, white gloves
>> bouncing up and down. Their mouths and eyes were as wide as
>> children’s.
>>
>> What does "a bitter day at the racetrack" refer to here? Does it mean
>> that he lost money betting on the races? Or is it something else?
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