Description
A narrator in Tangiers repeatedly returns—through memory, vision, and obsession—to the landscapes of southern Spain, where a familiar horizon becomes both a trigger for recognition and a trap of repetition. Blending fragmented thoughts, daydreams, fantasies, and drug-fueled hallucinations, the novel follows a mysterious figure whose surreal acts and shifting perceptions blur the line between history and invention. At its core, the book reimagines the legend of Count Julian—traditionally blamed for opening Spain to Moorish invaders—not as a settled account, but as a charged symbol for dispossession, cultural rupture, and the politics of narrative. With Juan Goytisolo’s incisive, experimental style, the story turns inward and outward at once, using disorientation to ask what it means to claim a homeland, rewrite its past, and live with the consequences of inherited myths.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 1975
204 pages
ISBN: 9780670005864
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Details
First Published
1974
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Count Julian by Juan Goytisolo.