Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolois a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lives in Marrakech...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPoet
CountrySpain
conception count defies fiction tyrannical work
Count Julian is, simultaneously, a work of fiction and a work of criticism, which defies deliberately a tyrannical conception of genre.
above acquire begin country factors historical merely piece
For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing.
respect country expression
Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.
breaking count homeland narrator process taken
In Count Julian the process of being dispossessed and breaking with his homeland on the part of the narrator has already taken place.
art writing character
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts.
dedication miracle invasion
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.
religious perfect political
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 hopes in perfect harmony.
war block europe
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 not exist.
unique discovery important
And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was not unique, that it had also been that of other Spanish intellectuals, became very important for me.
artist expression style
A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.
white elements today
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.
inspiration innocence language
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
political redemption moral
My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile.
clarity companion my-own
As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with CLARITY, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold.