Una novela criminal de Jorge Volpi: desmontando las fake news de las autoridades mexicanas

Diana González Martin

doi:10.3828/bchs.2020.2

Una novela criminal de Jorge Volpi: desmontando las fake news de las autoridades mexicanas

School of Communication and Culture - Spanish

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The tension between reality and fiction supports all artistic genres. Una novela criminal (2018) by Jorge Volpi, which belongs to the non-fiction novel genre, established by Rodolfo Walsh with Operación masacre (1957) and Truman Capote with In Cold Blood (1966), delves into this tension in order to dismantle the manipulation by the authorities of the Vallarta-Cassez judicial case. Instead of resolving the case, Volpi’s investigation has exposed the abuse of power by the Mexican state against the most vulnerable people. Acknowledging that he is not in control of a non-fiction plot, Volpi gives the reader the aesthetic and ethical role of questioning conventional power structures and becoming aware of the importance of transforming certain unjust realities of Mexican society.

Original language	Spanish
Journal	Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies
Volume	2
Issue	1
Pages (from-to)	17-31
Number of pages	15
ISSN	2516-8029
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3828/bchs.2020.2
Publication status	Published - 2020

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LACUA: Latin American Center Aarhus University
Martin, D. G. (Project manager), Fischer, G. (Participant), Hansen, H. L. (Participant), Tarp, S. (Participant), Simonsen, K.-M. (Participant), Braga Mattos, A. P. (Participant), Dilli, C. (Participant), Pardue, D. (Participant), Dalsgård, L. (Participant), Baggesgaard, M. A. (Participant), Santillán, O. R. (Participant), Mellerup, S. E. (Participant), Fernández, S. S. (Participant) & Pacheco Cueva, V. D. (Participant)
01/01/2019 → 30/09/2023
Project: Research
PERFORMA: PERFORMA - THEATRE OUTSIDE THEATRE. CONTEMPORARY PERFORMATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Martin, D. G. (Participant), Abuín, A. (Project manager) & Pérez-Rasilla Bravo, E. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research

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Una novela criminal de Jorge Volpi: desmontando las fake news de las autoridades mexicanas

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PERFORMA: PERFORMA - THEATRE OUTSIDE THEATRE. CONTEMPORARY PERFORMATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL ERA

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