Freedom & Memory
“Tokyo is very strange. Actually the title of the novel was taken from my feelings I had when I was there, that you are both there and not there at the same time. It’s like you’re looking at the city from behind glass. It’s so different from what I am used to and the people there are so closed to foreigners. They walk past you. I always had a fascination with Japanese culture — film makers, writers, everything. I went there with an eagerness to learn about it and came back with the feeling that I hadn’t been there at all! But I was fascinated by the fact that the city was such a difficult place to connect with. That’s where the title came from. Those feelings.”
Richard Marshall interviews Spanish novelist, screenwriter and film director Ray Loriga.