Daniel Olavarría and his musings
I’m afraid my hopes to find peace and quiet in retirement will have to wait for a while. This was not in my plans and, what’s worse, I could be faced with a proposition like this at any time. I have to establish a red line beyond which I say no. But in this case, it’s a matter of conscience. I can’t let him down. The poor man has suffered so much in his life! It was dreadful enough that he lost his whole family at the hands of the Nazis, but in addition, all the works of art that they possessed were stolen. And now it has happened for a second time. It seems like a curse of fate! The man is aware that he doesn’t have long to live, maybe only a few years, and he wants to leave this earth with a clear conscience, having fulfilled his obligation to recover wh
