And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation be… — Juan Goytisolo

And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was not unique, that it had also been that of other Spanish intellectuals, became very important for me.

Juan GoytisoloPoet · Spanish

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