Writing failure in Sin remedio by Antonio Caballero
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.elc.n47a06Keywords:
Antonio Caballero, Sin remedio, failure, nihilism, violenceAbstract
Although Antonio Caballero is widely recognized as an essential critical voice in Colombian contemporary cultural sphere, his work as a novelist has not received the critical attention it deserves. This article argues that Sin remedio (1984), his only novel, ignites crucial reflections about the function of literary fiction vis-à-vis the sociocultural conditions that defined the last decades of the twentieth century in Colombia. Through an analysis of the existential crisis of the main character, I argue that Caballero builds that character as a mirror of an individual failure whose collective resonances suggest the need to rethink the social and political function of the writer in times of violence.
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