Parts Without a Whole: Mourning, Redemption and Desire in Partes de África.

In this article, I argue that Partes de África, by Hélder Macedo, questions our ideas about the outcome of history. The novel distances itself from the long-ingrained belief in a redeeming future, since the future, contrary to what is believed, is already traced and designed. In marked contrast to t...

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Published in:	Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 201 - 213
Main Author:	SAADE, SEBASTIÁN PATRÓN
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Liverpool University Press / Journals 2014
Subjects:	Partes de África (Book) Macedo, Hélder Literature & history Historical fiction Memory in literature Portuguese fiction
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