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Juan Goytisolo: Novelists Are Like Desert Plants

publication · 2026-04-23

In an interview with artpress, Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo compares novelists to desert plants, emphasizing the novel's role as a territory of doubt meant to destabilize readers. His latest work, "Trois semaines en ce jardin," blends politics and artifice.

Key facts

  • Juan Goytisolo compares novelists to desert plants.
  • The novel is described as a territory of doubt.
  • Its role is to destabilize the reader.
  • Goytisolo's latest novel is 'Trois semaines en ce jardin'.
  • The novel blends politics and artifice.
  • The interview was published in artpress in October 2000.

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Artists

  • Juan Goytisolo

Institutions

  • artpress

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