che mi ero guadagnato con tanta fatica,

English translation: that I had carved out for myself with great difficulty

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Italian term or phrase:	che mi ero guadagnato con tanta fatica,
English translation:	that I had carved out for myself with great difficulty
Entered by:	Lara Barnett

04:45 Oct 21, 2017

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Italian term or phrase: che mi ero guadagnato con tanta fatica,

In a description of how he grew into becoming a writer, this character likens his younger self to a character being developed by a writer-creator. At one point this writer-creator gave up writing to become an actor, leaving young character at fear of neglect and incompleteness. He discusses the wholeness of other well-established characters in fiction:

Me la sono vista davvero brutta. Lo spazio, già angusto di per sé, che mi ero guadagnato con tanta fatica, cominciò a pullulare di possidenti russi dai nomi irripetibili, di re sanguinari, di emarginati dalla battuta facile

Is he saying that he had to fight to gain space or a place amongst these other ugly characters?

Lara Barnett KudoZ activity Questions: 2101 (7 open) (12 without valid answers) (216 closed without grading) Answers: 1884 United Kingdom
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that I had carved out for myself with great difficulty

Explanation:
Yes he had to share/fight for this space that he had carved out for himself

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The verb carve out (often used with a space or a time) renders the idea of the effort he put into it.

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Lisa Jane
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Local time: 08:53

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that I had carved out for myself with great difficulty

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Local time: 08:53
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