Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Constelaciones familiares en la narrativa iberoamericana moderna
Chapter | Cuando la Historia en mayúsculas marca constelaciones familiares
Cuando la Historia en mayúsculas marca constelaciones familiares
Volver la vista atrás de Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Abstract
This article presents an analysis of the novel Volver la vista atrás by the Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez (2020), a biography of the family of the Colombian director and documentary filmmaker Sergio Cabrera, transformed into fiction. It shows how historical events have shaped the family history, how traumatic experiences seem to be repeated in subsequent generations and how the protagonists try to overcome them. The analysis is carried out with reference to current publications from the fields of postmemory (Hirsch) and Critical Trauma Studies (Balaev).
Submitted: Sept. 1, 2023 | Accepted: March 20, 2024 | Published June 20, 2024 | Language: es
Keywords Trauma • Family novel • Gabriel Vásquez • Intergenerational transmission • Colombia
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