The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence.
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 rela… - Juan Goytisolo
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 rela…
- Juan Goytisolo
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, o… - Juan Goytisolo
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, o…
The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence. - Juan Goytisolo
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. - Juan Goytisolo
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined … - Juan Goytisolo
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined …
I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger. - Juan Goytisolo
I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger.
But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassione… - Juan Goytisolo
But the Spain which emerged around 1960, beginning with its economic miracle, created by the invasion of tourists, can no longer result in impassione…
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 injustic… - Juan Goytisolo
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 injustic…
In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feeling… - Juan Goytisolo
In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feeling…
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