tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post9081955241396428683..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Contemporary Spanish Literature: What To Read?, Part IClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-63637258350419038332011-05-10T21:12:29.892-04:002011-05-10T21:12:29.892-04:00"Señas de identidad" isn't necessary..."Señas de identidad" isn't necessary for understanding of Count Julian but Makbara requires a prior reading of Count Julian.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-66332532380914298282011-05-10T19:20:39.004-04:002011-05-10T19:20:39.004-04:00(Sorry: also, ditto for Eduardo Mendicutti. I thin...(Sorry: also, ditto for Eduardo Mendicutti. I think I've heard of a movie, "The Bulgarian Lovers," that's based on his book - bu is there a best place for him as well? Also: I should admit that I'm not very easily intimidated by books, so really, fire at will - if "Count Julian" will rock my socks off better than any other intro to Goytisolo, then I'll sink my teeth into it.)M.J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-75176628221548008302011-05-10T19:13:16.207-04:002011-05-10T19:13:16.207-04:00Thanks! Will do. Is it possible to appreciate &quo...Thanks! Will do. Is it possible to appreciate "Reivindicación del conde don Julián " without having first read "Señas de identidad" - or, rather, where's the best place to start with Goytisolo? "Makbara"?M.J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-14926383220719866212011-05-09T11:21:27.540-04:002011-05-09T11:21:27.540-04:00Oh, where do I begin? :-)
For queer lit, Juan Goy...Oh, where do I begin? :-)<br /><br />For queer lit, Juan Goytisolo is, of course, the best. The novels he wrote after 1970 are what you should look at (Conde Julian, Makbara, Juan sin Tierra). Also, Eduardo Mendicutti is amazing. Esther Tusquets is very famous, even though I don't like her much. Her most important novel is El mismo mar de todos los veranos.<br /><br />As for the Civil War and Franco's death, there is a lot.<br /><br />1. La caida de Madrid by Rafael Chirbes describes the moment when everybody in Spain sits there waiting for Franco's death to be announced.<br /><br />2. Almudena Grandes's El corazon helado came out very recently and is one of the best recent books on Civil War and its aftermath.<br /><br />3. Antonio Munoz Molina just released La noche de los tiempos about the Civil War. His Beatus Ille is a classic that everybody interested in the Civil war and Spanish Literature should read.<br /><br />Feel free to tell me if you need more.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-60330321992411620722011-05-09T10:59:13.369-04:002011-05-09T10:59:13.369-04:00Are you familiar with any queer lit from Spain? Ad...Are you familiar with any queer lit from Spain? Additionally, do you know of anything good fiction or nonfiction about the Spanish Civil War, or Franco's death, etc., that is written in Spanish? Much thanks!M.J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-73740025099055428932011-03-20T16:53:29.250-04:002011-03-20T16:53:29.250-04:00Thanks! I'll have to check out the translated ...Thanks! I'll have to check out the translated ones.Shedding Khawatirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04643490050277557885noreply@blogger.com