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This philosophical study of Latin American noir fiction poses the question: what if precarity and uncertainty aren't just themes of the genre, but ways of being in the world? Emerging from a region immersed in violence, trauma, and political instability, the novela negra reveals not just disillusionment but a desire to adapt to, even dwell within, chaos. In the hands of writers like Ricardo Piglia, Roberto Bolaño, and Patricia Melo, savvy detectives and antiheroes navigate a world in which meaning constantly shifts and certainty is elusive. Blending literary analysis with philosophical inquiry, Larson draws on Heideggerian ontology to demonstrate how the noir novel becomes a mode of existence--grounded in its very groundlessness. Rather than offering resolution, these novels embody a paradoxical desire: to engage crisis while also adapting to it. In doing so, they become both ideological and pedagogical--existential fiction for an uncertain world.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
| ISBN-13 | 9781684485901 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1684485908 |
| List Price | $39.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 206 pages |
| Publisher | Bucknell University Press |
| Published On | 2026-05-12 |
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