transcribe here two paragraphs really interesting interview with Juan Cruz made the German publisher Michael Krüger and publishes the country. I can not agree more with your thoughts and connected to the previous post nuncatehagaslibrero on the role of editor.
"The really good books have a longer life than a man. And that's a strange situation. As the morning sitting in front of a blank paper. But one day the author and the book dies still there. That's the fascinating thing about a book that has its own life. And the author is associated with just because his name appears in the book. The strange thing is that everyone, the stupid, the intelligent, the educated and the ignorant, can read a book in different ways. The text has its own life. By the time you publish a book you should know that the book will live, probably more than you as an author. And the only person who will ensure he is the editor. The editor has a duty to keep the book alive even if the author is dead. The only ones still there after the death of the author is the editor and the text. The book is a living organism ...
The book is always waiting for a reader. If you miss a reader, the book dies. So the editors have a duty to keep it alive. What does this mean? We all know that 90% of the books that were published in 2011 will not survive here one year. Most of the books you see in the stores have a life of six months. The remaining 10% may have a longer life. Some books, though important, are forgotten. But suddenly, someone comes along, it picks up and says: "This is a work of art, we have to reread it." And many readers may follow this advice. Kafka is a good example. While he lived about 200 pages published. When these 200 pages were published thousand people read it. Thousand people. No one else. However, after the war someone took the book and said: "This book perfectly describes the state of the human condition at the time of the First World War and have to reread it." Read it now people around the world. "
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