WRITE REALITY THROUGH FICTION: THE ROLE OF THE GHOST AND MEMORY IN «CUANDO HABLÁBAMOS CON LOS MUERTOS», BY MARIANA ENRÍQUEZ

Mariana Enríquez (Buenos Aires, 1973) makes use of the supernatural in «Cuando hablábamos con los muertos» in order to create a different space from which to approach the Argentine past. This subsequently gives rise to a reflection on memory and its reinterpretation through time in the face of collective traumas. To achieve this effect, the author works with the idea of the fantastic as an opportunity to provoke a sense of horror in the reader. This reaction is triggered by the apparition of ghosts and their interaction with a group of adolescent girls who are trying to gather information on those people who disappeared during the military-civilian dictatorship inArgentina.