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RE: When Ink Flows Unlikely

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Really? I have heard about that book before, but never gave it a try. Now you brought it to the table, sometimes I've felt that the more you write, the more curious 'coincidences' take place. Maybe authors re-do their own world without noticing it 😅

Thank you! I wanted the writer (me) survive so bad. Sraf couldn't get away with it haha.

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You have to read Unamuno. If he never come up in your literature classes (in Spanish), then your teachers are at fault. He is a classic. Borges, for example, acknowledges his literary and philosophical debt to Unamuno.

La Niebla is a slight book. Easy to read. So much of what you think is original in literature today can be traced to Unamuno and even Cervantes.

Sorry to lecture, but I love this stuff :))

I think the closest I've been to Unamuno was when I read Julián Marias. He befriended Ortega y Gasset and Unamuno, and often talked about them as his greatest inspiration. I think I will read these authors in the near future.

It's ok. I like when people carelessly show their passion about something. Thanks for sharing🙂

Ortega y Gasset! Names from my youth.

I'll share with you my long interest in Spanish/Spanish literature. I studied the language through my early school years, took several courses as an undergraduate, and when I went to graduate school I studied comparative literature. My two language specialties were Spanish and German. So, I read a lot of Spanish literature in my life. I'm less familiar with the more recent authors, but the classics are in my heart :)