Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2017
Department
Spanish
Abstract
Mapa dibujado por un espía, a memoir by Guillermo Cabrera Infante ( published in 2013 by his widow Miriam Cabrera Infante), describes the experience of not being able to leave Cuba during four months, period in which the author had returned to his country in order to attend the funeral of his mother, Zoila Infante in 1965. My reading examines this memoir in its autobiographical dimension and seeks to illuminate the presence in this work of several voices that appear in tension with one another. My study focuses on these voices as it pays attention in particular to the silences of the text, and to a liminal voice often not expressed which is apparent to the reader but not to the author. My analysis suggests that Mapa, as it exists in print, is perhaps a book which is more finished than it appears.
Mapa dibujado por un espía, memoria de Guillermo Cabrera Infante (publicada en el 2013 por su viuda Miriam Cabrera Infante), describe la experiencia de no poder salir de Cuba durante cuatro meses, época en la que nuestro autor había regresado a su país para asistir a los funerales de su madre, Zoila Infante en 1965. Mi lectura examina la historia del exilio de Cabrera Infante en su dimensión autobiográfica e identitaria e ilumina la presencia en esta obra de prácticas discursivas en tensión. Mediante un análisis del proceso autobiográfico, mi estudio investiga las voces que se expresan en esta memoria y se enfoca en particular en los silencios del texto, es decir en una voz liminal no siempre explícita la cual es aparente al lector pero no al escritor. Mi lectura sugiere que Mapa, tal como existe y se lee, sea quizás un libro mucho más acabado de lo que parece.
Repository Citation
Alvarez-Borland, Isabel. "Mapa dibujado por un espía: crónica autobiográfica y poética de la memoria." La escritura metafinal de Guillermo Cabrera Infante, edited by Claudia Hammerschmidt, INOLAS, 2017, pp. 221-243.
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Comments
This is the author‘s version of the work published In La escritura metafinal de Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Claudia Hammerschmidt Ed. Potsdam: INOLAS Publishers, LTD, 2017, 221-243.
This publication appears in The College of the Holy Cross’ institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.