A word, and all the infinite fluctuations it may possess. Like that moment when you know you have something to say, and you know you're speaking, even, but you still have no idea how you will say it. Or the moment when, as a reader, you're reading, and you are understanding what you are reading, but still have utterly no idea what will come next for you, what precisely the author wants to say. For me, that is the ultimate level of literary depth, of literary density.
For me, it's a way to find a fiction within a fiction. To find a way to uncover that blunder within the "lie," because when you look closer, every "l… - Sergio Chejfec
For me, it's a way to find a fiction within a fiction. To find a way to uncover that blunder within the "lie," because when you look closer, every "l…
- Sergio Chejfec
The walk is like a matrix, like a diffuse, vague happening. It's like - imagine a play, a work of theatre, that is totally vague, almost devoid of de… - Sergio Chejfec
The walk is like a matrix, like a diffuse, vague happening. It's like - imagine a play, a work of theatre, that is totally vague, almost devoid of de…
For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that moment, identity is no longer predictable, but … - Sergio Chejfec
For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that moment, identity is no longer predictable, but …
I find that, for me, it is this concept of borrowed or built life, life on loan, that gets me writing. It's similar to speaking about literature. I l… - Sergio Chejfec
I find that, for me, it is this concept of borrowed or built life, life on loan, that gets me writing. It's similar to speaking about literature. I l…
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions. - Sergio Chejfec
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.
Nostalgia for people, cultures, everything. There's an ability to use these marks to note things that are erased, deleted. Traces are a species of hi… - Sergio Chejfec
Nostalgia for people, cultures, everything. There's an ability to use these marks to note things that are erased, deleted. Traces are a species of hi…
For me parks are good when first of all, they're not impeccable, and when solitude has appropriated them in such a way that solitude itself becomes a… - Sergio Chejfec
For me parks are good when first of all, they're not impeccable, and when solitude has appropriated them in such a way that solitude itself becomes a…
In the early days of the Internet, the word "navigation" had this ingrained in it. There really was a sensation of the cyber-flâneur, as you really w… - Sergio Chejfec
In the early days of the Internet, the word "navigation" had this ingrained in it. There really was a sensation of the cyber-flâneur, as you really w…
Identity is gradual, cumulative; because there is no need for it to manifest itself, it shows itself intermittently, the way a star hints at the puls… - Sergio Chejfec
Identity is gradual, cumulative; because there is no need for it to manifest itself, it shows itself intermittently, the way a star hints at the puls…
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