Abril rojo o las formas y consecuencias de la violencia
Abstract
El artículo analiza la novela Abril rojo, de Santiago Roncagliolo, publicada en 2006. Este texto, operando a partir de las estrategias de la novela negra, reflexiona en las consecuencias que derivan de la memoria de las acciones de Sendero Luminoso en el Perú de los años 2000. Para ello sigue las acciones de un Fiscal de Distrito de la provincia de Ayacucho que investiga un crimen violento. Sin embargo, esa investigación terminará revelando detalles que van más allá de ese crimen: cómo la memoria de la violencia no desaparece, sino que retorna trastornada; cómo la violencia intoxica a todos, incluso a quienes pretenden neutralizarla; y cómo esa violencia engendra un efecto devastador: la descalificación de lo utópico.
The article analyzes the novel April red, by Santiago Roncagliolo, published in 2006. This text, operating from the strategies of the noir novel, reflects on the consequences that derive from the memory of the actions of the Shining Path in the Peru of the 2000s. To do this, he follows the actions of a District Attorney from the province of Ayacucho who is investigating a violent crime. However, this investigation will end up revealing details that go beyond that crime: how the memory of the violence does not disappear, but returns disturbed; how violence intoxicates everyone, even those who seek to neutralize it; and how that violence generates a devastating effect: the disqualification of the utopian.
The article analyzes the novel April red, by Santiago Roncagliolo, published in 2006. This text, operating from the strategies of the noir novel, reflects on the consequences that derive from the memory of the actions of the Shining Path in the Peru of the 2000s. To do this, he follows the actions of a District Attorney from the province of Ayacucho who is investigating a violent crime. However, this investigation will end up revealing details that go beyond that crime: how the memory of the violence does not disappear, but returns disturbed; how violence intoxicates everyone, even those who seek to neutralize it; and how that violence generates a devastating effect: the disqualification of the utopian.
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Vol. 26, No. 49