I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
Manuel PuigI write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
Manuel PuigThe translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
Manuel PuigWhat's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
Manuel Puig