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grappling with the trickster mystique

English translation: struggling with

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13:35 Apr 15, 2008

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: grappling with the trickster mystique

If you were apprehensive, you were in the good company of Dylan aficionados still grappling with the trickster mystique of the 66-year-old singer-songwriter who see the Pulitzer as another chapter in his complicated history with the establishment, an ongoing dance of distancings and détentes.

Why grappling with?

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English translation:struggling with

Explanation:
They have difficulty understanding Dylan because there are many complicated and contradictory aspects to him. A trickster is a mythological figure who appears in different guises and who plays tricks on people, and Dylan seems like such a figure.