"En general, estoy a favor del laissez-faire, y el lector tiene derecho a su propio concepto de lectura; no hay nada de malo en recurrir a la literatura con la esperanza de curarse. Pero si la curación y el consuelo se convierten en la tarea principal de la literatura, reduciendo al autor al papel de un homeópata más, es posible que estemos perdiendo más de lo que ganamos."

Op 9 december 2025 publiceerde het culturele, literaire magazine Revista de Libros de Spaanse vertaling van Arnons lezing Has literature become a lignite mine?, waarin Arnon reflecteert op de staat van de literatuur heden ten dage. Het stuk, dat hij eerder in Boedapest als lezing uitsprak en ook in de Zwitserse krant Neue Zürcher Zeitung werd gepubliceerd, stond in het 12de nummer van Revista de Libros en is hier online te lezen.

"In general, I am in favor of laissez-faire, and the reader is entitled to his own concept of reading; there is nothing wrong with looking at literature in the hope to be healed. But if healing and comfort become the main task of literature, reducing the author to the role of yet another homeopath, we may be losing more than we are gaining."

On December 9, 2025, the cultural and literary magazine Revista de Libros published the Spanish translation of Arnon's essay "Has Literature Become a Lignite Mine?," in which Arnon reflects on the state of literature today. The piece, which he had previously presented as a lecture in Budapest, and which was also published in the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, appeared in the 12th issue of Revista de Libros and can be read online here (in Spanish).