Fábulas adúlteras. Ficción adulterada. Pasiones ilícitas del entresiglo venezolano. Nathalie Bouzaglo. Rosario: Beatriz Viterbo Editora, 2016

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“…No obstante, Aira está lejos de pensar este devenir del escritor nacional en términos de autenticidad, como un valor dado de antemano; en cambio, lo entiende como una construcción a partir de la cual es posible «inventar el dispositivo por el que valga la pena serlo, y vivir una vida siéndolo» (1993: 78). De modo que, el simulacro y la ficción trazan un camino de retorno -un retorno que, como observa Sandra Contreras (2002), se encuentra siempre desviado-a la nacionalidad. Entonces, tomando como punto de partida el planteo de Aira, resulta interesante comprender cómo funciona en el caso de Luiselli la escritura como un dispositivo por el cual la escritora encuentra una vuelta, ni lineal ni auténtica, hacia la nacionalidad, observar qué encuentra en ese trayecto y, a su vez, ver qué es lo que hace con aquello que encuentra.…”

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Displacement and identity in Papeles falsos by Valeria Luiselli

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2022

Romanica Olomucensia

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This work deals with the first book published by Valeria Luiselli, a collection of essays entitled Papeles falsos (2010). Luiselli has stated in various interviews that she began to write essays because, after a series of failed attempts, she believed that fiction writing was not for her. It is known that just one year after the appearance of Papeles falsos, she published her first work of fiction, Los ingrávidos (2011). Methodologically, this article will start from the idea that where Luiselli searches for fiction, she finds essay writing and, with that, she traces a return to fiction. This movement points to the need to conduct a reading of Papeles falsos to question to what extent Luiselli's exploration of the essay format materialises a migrant aesthetic that will later radicalise fiction. The results of this analysis are, firstly, that Luiselli disarticulates the traditional ways of thinking about identity and translation and, instead, elaborates both instances as practices that take place on the surface, in the face, in the language sounds. Secondly, it can be maintained that Luiselli understands writing as a mode of translation which takes place in a displacement of meanings and that embodies a migrant aesthetic. For this reason, it is concluded that translation occupies a central place in Luiselli's narrative and that with her first book she sets in motion a quest for a migrant aesthetic that finds its foundation in the author's movements between Mexico City and Venice, while in parallel it questions the idea of identity and its connection with writing.

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Displacement and identity in Papeles falsos by Valeria Luiselli

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Fábulas adúlteras. Ficción adulterada. Pasiones ilícitas del entresiglo venezolano. Nathalie Bouzaglo. Rosario: Beatriz Viterbo Editora, 2016

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