For two years I have been submerged in the writing of a new novel. Even when a writer has been practicing his profession for a long time, writing a novel is always – and I believe it is the same for almost all the writers who respect themselves and their presumed readers – an arduous and tiring task. I already needed four to finish my novel Herejes and five to write the end of El hombre que amaba a los perros. Why is it so difficult to write a novel? Why do writers, even the most professional, feel they have never said what they wanted to say in the best way in which they are (or believe that it is) able to say it, and return once and again on what has been written, sweat, doubt, fear? Leer más