Open AccessNove Noites and Louren�o Marques: Criminal Mazes in the Contemporary Novel
Author(s) -
Adenize Aparecida Franco
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
abriu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2014-8534
pISSN - 2014-8526
DOI - 10.1344/abriu2014.3.4
Subject(s) - portuguese , narrative , humanities , detective fiction , art , art history , literature , philosophy , linguistics
This article analyzes the characteristics of the crime novel in the contemporary fiction of Bernardo Carvalho, the Brazilian writer, and Francisco José Viegas, the Portuguese writer. The novels Nove Noites (2002) and Lourenço Marques (2002) are present as narratives marked by the characteristics of the detective genre in a movement that transgresses and subverts these elements