GR translation: a bitter day at the racetrack

[Mike Jing]

Got it. Thanks for the reply.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Alexei du Périer
<alexei.duperier at gmail.com> wrote:
> He was betting on horses and he lost
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> 2016-09-29 7:31 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
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>> 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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