Monday, November 8, 2010

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The dealer

Featured critical and university lecturer, Gustavo Faverón (Lima, 1965) has debuted on the literary with the novel The dealer (Peisa, 2010) an extensive detective story, in line with more "brain" of the genre (that of Poe and Borges .) Daniel, a collector of old books, confesses to having murdered his wife, so it is locked in a madhouse. But that's just the first of a strange series of crimes the novel's protagonist must resolve.

The story takes place in two opposite directions is becoming more and more elements of "fantasy and gothic horror story" (As stated by himself Faverón) and is rooted in the problem of political violence in Peru during the past decades. The author's intention is that these two lines complement the subjective and objective, fantasy and realism, giving the story multiple reading levels, from the real testimony to the allegorical and metaliterary.

This ambition to cover as many items can also be found in the diversity of the registers of language (poetic descriptions, dramatic dialogues, key texts, etc.). But despite the virtues and literary resources at stake, Not all these elements become integrated fully into fiction, which The dealer, while being a good novel, it loses some of unity and coherence.


Related
Other texts on the novel: Luis Hernán Castañeda (another text ) Gustavo Faverón , Laura García, Ricardo González Vigil , Eduardo González .
Interviews: Gabriel Ruiz Ortega .
The following is a video presentation relit on The dealer .


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