And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain's condition. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassioned dedication on the part of its intellectuals, and even less on the part of foreign intellectuals. — 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
