The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.

Paisajes de guerra: Sarajevo Argelia Palestina Chechenia (2001). After her death he is noted as saying their once shared Paris apartment had become like a tomb. Carajicomedia (2000).

He lives in a voluntary self-exile in Marrakech. Juan Goytisolo (born 6 January 1931 in Barcelona) is a Spanish poet essayist and novelist.