Spain is different?
Historical memory and the ‘Two Spains’ in turn-of-the-millennium Spanish apocalyptic fictions
Author(s) Dale Knickerbocker
Language: English
Genre(s): Literary Criticism
Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
- December 2021 · 288 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9781786838124
- · eBook - pdf - 9781786838131
- · eBook - epub - 9781786838148
About The Book
Endorsements
‘This insightful study of the apocalyptic 1990–2005 SF novels by Montero, Negrete, Aguilera, del Barco, Vaquerizo, and the duo Pallarés and Garrigós, reveals how the Civil War traumas silenced by the democratic transition surfaced in a Spain not only “different” but also still hopelessly split between irreconcilable views of the nation.’
Dr Sara Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
‘This fascinating book provides a refreshing perspective on the subject of Spanish historical memory and collective identity, and reveals the important role of apocalyptic stories. Brave, timely and accessible: Spain might or might not be different, after all, but the author opens up different angles on how Spain has (mis)handled its past.’
Dr Patricia García, Departamento de Filología, Comunicación y Documentación, Universidad de Alcalá
Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Apocalypse and apotheosis in Rosa Montero’s Temblor
Chapter 3. Apocalypse and alienation in Javier Negrete’s Nox perpetua
Chapter 4. The Mater of all apocalypses: Juan Miguel Aguilera’s La locura de Dios
Chapter 5. Enlightening the apocalypse: Enrique del Barco’s Punto Omega
Chapter 6. Born to kill: Eduardo Vaquerizo’s Mentes de noche y hielo
Chapter 7. ‘Fiery the angels rose’: José Miguel Pallarés and Amadeo Garrigós’s Tiempo prestado
Afterword
Works cited
Index