"When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic novel with ghosts and everything, the effect is less powerful than if you portray an absolutely realistic situation and, in the middle of this, you put a layer of fantasy, of mystery."
Antonio Munoz Molina is a Spanish novelist and essayist known for literary fiction and cultural commentary. His work has received major Spanish literary awards and has been translated widely. He also served in leadership roles connected to the Instituto Cervantes in New York.