In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with CLARITY, I became more and more alienated from that which… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
