Ruins of a Dream

By Gabriel Dos Santos Lima

Ruins of a Dream is the result of research conducted between 2015 and 2016 on the novel El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009), by Cuban author Leonardo Padura. In a formal analysis of this work, the research looked at the position of its narrators, the construction of its characters and the structuring of its plot, understanding its literary functioning as a cultural symptom of contemporary consumer society. Thus, the pastiche of noir detective literature engendered by the author was discussed, as well as his non-realistic ways of figuring the story, situating the book in the midst of the aesthetic and ideological panorama of post-modernity. The aim was to clarify the dialectical relationship between the novel's narrative form and Cuba's current process of historical transition - which is leading the island towards integration into the world system of late capitalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6208500648
• ISBN13: 9786208500641
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"