In Mexico, I think I’m considered conservative. Not politically – in terms of form and experimentation. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
Flaubert’s Parrot’ is an amphibious book in which what appears to be a personal essay about Flaubertian writing is gradually, delicately transformed into an extremely sad novel in which the differences between character, author, and narrator are less clear than they appear at first glance. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
New York offers a bubble out of the literary life that is very useful. We have more time for the children, for the cooking. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn’t have to share the field with other players. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
If you read the poets of the 19th century in Latin America, you would see that Havana or Mexico City or Buenos Aires are incredibly modern and global cities that they were not. And eventually they became real, and they became real because people read these books and tried to live in a better world. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
I was not able to be the front forward of a soccer team – that is a way to make people super happy every Sunday. What I can do is tell stories and try to put my coin in that discussion. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
I don’t think that books are wondrous, magical things that come from nowhere. It’s important that a book has clues about where and how it was written. Alvaro Enrigue Read Quote
