1980-01-25

Poul Vad writes to Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Ernest Mancoba, and Wonga Mancoba, thanking them for their letters and for a copy of Francisco Goya's Caprices that they sent him. He recounts a scene from Goethe's Faust, how Mephistopheles tempts Faust in the form of Worry, and how this story possesses a wisdom similar to that found in folk tales. He highlights his camaraderie with the authors around the publishing house Arena and shares his difficulties with writing.