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Classic Profile: Juan Goytisolo, the Anti-Orientalist - by Fernanda Eberstadt

Classic Profile: Juan Goytisolo, the Anti-Orientalist - by Fernanda Eberstadt | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Fernanda Eberstadt profile of Juan Goytisolo, Spanish novelist who has lived for much of last 25 years in Marrakesh, Morocco, indulging his passion for Muslim culture and predilection for working-class Arab men; Goytisolo has written against tyranny of Arab governments, which he blames for radicalization of Islamic youth, and also against neglect of Europe's Islamic minorities and pernicious influence of Christian evangelism on American foreign policy; nevertheless sees seeds of modernity in Arab world and hopes that radical Islamist parties may be tempered and matured by partaking in national governments; photos (L)
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Interview in-depth (1984) with Juan Goytisolo By Julio Ortega, trans. Joseph Schraibman

Interview in-depth (1984) with Juan Goytisolo By Julio Ortega, trans. Joseph Schraibman | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From 'The Review of Contemporary Fiction,' Summer 1984, Vol. 4.2 Julio Ortega: The main character in your novel entitled Marks of Identity is
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Interview (2014) with Juan Goytisolo, novelist and winner of Spain's distinguished Cervantes Prize

Interview (2014) with Juan Goytisolo, novelist and winner of Spain's distinguished Cervantes Prize | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Juan Goytisolo is one of Spain’s leading writers, but one with a fraught relationship with his home country, to put it mildly. The Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once likened Goytisolo’s savage indignation and position as the perennial outsider to that of Jonathan Swift.   Goytisolo was born into a conservative, monarchist, Barcelona…
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Juan Goytisolo: Some of his work, reviewed at the impressive Complete Review

Juan Goytisolo: Some of his work, reviewed at the impressive Complete Review | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Juan Goytisolo at the Complete Review: information about Juan Goytisolo and links to reviews of Juan Goytisolo's books
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Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo dies, aged 86

Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo dies, aged 86 | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The novelist and essayist, who won the Cervantes Prize -- Spain's version of the Nobel -- in 2014, died in Marrakesh, Morocco, "surrounded by his loved ones," said the Carmen Balcells agency in a statement.
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It is shocking the vast majority of major newspapers in the English language have not yet published an obituary of this significant writer
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Fiction: 'A Cock-Eyed Comedy' by Juan Goytisolo, trans. by Peter Bush - A literary philosopher interested in destroying hypocrisy and its old guard. The novel is both damning and funny

Fiction: 'A Cock-Eyed Comedy' by Juan Goytisolo, trans. by Peter Bush - A literary philosopher interested in destroying hypocrisy and its old guard. The novel is both damning and funny | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Goytisolo tells readers what he's up to from the start, that what he's written is "a history of sexuality in the light of Catholic doctrine via a journey through the Spanish language from the Middle Ages to the present." Certainly, these elements combine to give the novel a unique narrative structure and make it a meta-fictional literary experiment that's fun, interesting and finally successful.
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Classic Profile: Juan Goytisolo, renowned novelist, essayist, memoirist - by Maya Jaggi, author and essayist

Classic Profile: Juan Goytisolo, renowned novelist, essayist, memoirist - by Maya Jaggi, author and essayist | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Juan Goytisolo was married but took male lovers, and fled bourgeois Barcelona for the Islamic world, which inspired him to launch attacks on the intolerance of his native land. Maya Jaggi on Spain's greatest living writer - and its harshest critic
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Spanish Writer Juan Goytisolo Has Died in Moroccan City of Marrakesh at 86

Spanish Writer Juan Goytisolo Has Died in Moroccan City of Marrakesh at 86 | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
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