Seven questions with Alejandra Martinez
I wasn’t aware of any novels published in Australia about the experience of Uruguayans living in here. I felt it was a story that was missing in Australian literature.
I wasn’t aware of any novels published in Australia about the experience of Uruguayans living in here. I felt it was a story that was missing in Australian literature.
I love how Elif Shafak puts it: 'Are we slightly different people in different languages? I think we are not different, but we definitely express ourselves differently.'
'Creating eases dislocation, helps us process emotions, and shifts our thinking patterns.'
‘Sometimes melodies come in dreams, and I wake up singing … Spontaneity is very important. Something spontaneous is truthful, real, fresh and human.’