Thea Runedancer

Ověřený autor @Thea_Runedancer, členem od 5. června 2025

“This is how, without the consent of the two lovers, of its two main characters, of the only ones who were originally worth anything in this short story, the narrator decided to incorporate two more words into the plot: “doubt” and “uncertainty.””

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José Baroja kniha El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“They never noticed the one who, silently, sustained this story, chose the future, set the guidelines for their memories and desires.”

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José Baroja kniha El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Then, Evaristo felt in his hands the exercise of the power that Foucault spoke so much about, and he felt it like someone who discovers fear in his fellow men.”

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José Baroja kniha No fue un catorce de febrero y otros cuentos

“Waking up, at forty years old, had become somewhat difficult, not only that morning, but since he was thirty.”

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José Baroja kniha Un hijo de perra y otros cuentos

“The closest thing to purgatory is a government agency, only the first does not exist and the second is very real.”

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José Baroja kniha Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos

“He remained frozen for a few minutes, while urine fell from a limb dwarfed by the fear caused by the sensation of near death.”

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José Baroja kniha El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

“Soon the crashes, the blackouts, the hypothermias, the demands for public lighting and a lot of misdeeds will hide the disappearances, the plots, the deaths, the domestic violence, the corruptions and a long etcetera…”

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José Baroja kniha Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos

“That work pride, that ridiculous work pride has put an end to his illusions, with those few illusions that he still had since at school they promised him a magnificent future just for entering university.”

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José Baroja kniha No fue un catorce de febrero y otros cuentos

“Conditioned like sheep in a flock, they have only managed to say “beee”, which translated into martial language would be “Yes, sir.””

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José Baroja kniha El lado oscuro de la sombra y otros ladridos

“…Who better than a Latin American to write about dirty tricks and other stories.”

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José Baroja kniha El lado oscuro de la sombra y otros ladridos

“Surrendering to state or private financing is bullshit.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Revista Momento ahora o nunca, n°139 (2019)

“I think that a literary work should not be a piece of spit thrown onto the road.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Interview. "No más cuentos para princesas".

“Surrendering to state or private financing is bullshit.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Revista Momento ahora o nunca, n°139 (2019)

“God? Christ. The Virgin. This Guadalajara is so rich in cathedrals, so rich in appearances, that I am sure that these are the true foundations of the city and its misfortune: the rain washes away the sin of this world…”

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José Baroja kniha Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos

“If there is such a thing as the eternal return that Nietzsche proposed, I hope to do what is necessary to make it worth repeating every day to infinity.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Interview. Torreblanca, M. E. Entrevista al escritor José Baroja. Fondo de Cultura Económica. https://www.fondodeculturaeconomica.com/Noticia/706

“That's the writer's game: everything is about us.”

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José Baroja kniha Sueño en Guadalajara y otros cuentos

“Literature is the emotional biography of a human being who has dared to write it.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Interview. Portal.ucm.cl

“In the end, the two failed Chilean constituent processes were a marketing exercise to legitimize the constitution of the Dictatorship.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Zdroj: Interview.

“It is often said that children do not read. Well, I'd say that if adults don't start reading, it's not fair to accuse little ones of not reading. They must see us with a book in our hands.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Original source: Mucho se dice que los niños no leen. Bueno, yo diría que si los adultos no comienzan a hacerlo, no es justo acusar a los más pequeños de no leer. Ellos deben vernos con un libro entre las manos. <br class="br">Zdroj: Trujillo, E. (2018). "Promover la lectura es una responsabilidad moral de los escritores: José Baroja". En Perú Informa. http://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/#:~:text=Hablar%20del%20escritor%20chileno%20Jos%C3%A9,en%20Letras%2C%20menci%C3%B3n%20en%20Literatura.. Consultado el 17 de junio de 2022.

“I think that living only from writing is a privilege, in economic terms, that only some writers have achieved and to which, probably, all authors aspire: a difficult goal that is not impossible.”

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José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Originál: Pienso que vivir solo de la escritura es un privilegio, en términos económicos, que solo algunos escritores y escritoras han conseguido y al que, probablemente, todos los autores aspiramos: una meta difícil que no imposible. <br class="br">Zdroj: Cazas Fernández, A. (2022). "La escritura le aportó sentido, coherencia e identidad a mi vida". En Correo Gallego. https://www.elcorreogallego.es/el-correo-2/la-escritura-le-aporto-sentido-coherencia-e-identidad-a-mi-vida-AP10794051. Consultado el 16 de junio de 2022.