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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Javier Marías on the dramatization of death
In an interview with Justo Barranco, the Spanish writer Javier Marías laments the current attitude society has to death, a theme that features in his latest book 'Tu rostro mañana' (Your Face Tomorrow). "[Compared to times of war], today's society is too coward, it exaggerates a bit. Human life is of course sacred, but in less silly times people didn't make such a big thing out of it. It was admissible for people to die. Now we are trying to eliminate chance, as if we were perfect. Everything that diverges from the given order is experienced as great tragedy. This may be so on a personal level, but it is not a tragedy in itself, as was seen with the death of the young footballer [Antonio Puerta, who died last August 28th]. It seems that the only way for death to be considered bearable these days is to turn it into a spectacle."
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An exhibiton on border-lines on show in Barcelona
Justo Barranco paid a visit to the exhibition 'Frontiers', on show at the Barcelona centre for contemporary culture (CCCB). "The world has shrunk: its surface has diminished and time has been accelerated thanks to new technology. There is more contact among people and more commercial exchange than ever before. And yet there are more than 226,000 kilometres of border-lines in the world. And even if the 20th century is remembered for giving birth to a European Union that effaces borders, it also remains the century that saw the most walls built ... . The exhibition 'Frontiers' follows, with the aid of photos, these lines traced with rulers across maps and around which many people live, staying on one side or another in an often arbitrary manner. For some, these frontiers are objects of desire, the desire to cross them; for others, they are a source of anxiety, something to be fortified to fend off immigrants or enemies ... ."
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