The Rituals of the Decomposition of the Body in Cuentos fríos by Virgilio Pinera

Authors

  • Luis Charry University of Maryland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15648/cl.23.2016.9

Abstract

The body is one of the great obses- sions of Virgilio Piñera and this obses- sion manifests itself in an insistent way throughout his works. In this essay I will discuss the various instances in which the body –and its raw material, the flesh– breaks into Cuentos fríos and how these irruptions operate within the framework of a literary style in which, according to Antón Arrufat, the soul does not go to the body but rather the body moves towards a certain “hypothetical soul”. A productive conflict between the self and the body is then established through this displace- ment: a body always on alert, on the verge of breakdown.

 

Keywords: Piñera, Lezama Lima, Self, Body, Short story.

How to Cite

Charry, L. (2016). The Rituals of the Decomposition of the Body in Cuentos fríos by Virgilio Pinera. Cuadernos De Literatura Del Caribe E Hispanoamérica, (23), 181–199. https://doi.org/10.15648/cl.23.2016.9

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Published

2016-11-24