Renzi, Maggi, Tardewski: (dis) encounters with literature, history and philosophy with regards to the concept of truth in Respiración artificial, (Artificial Breathing) by Ricardo Piglia
Keywords:
Historical novel, Ricardo Piglia, truth, lie, new historical novelAbstract
The essay explores three possible readings of the concept of truth in Respiración artificial, by Ricardo Piglia, through the analysis of three characters: the novelist Renzi, the historian Maggi and the philosopher Tardewski. Each one constitutes, according to his trade, a representation of the truth. The historical truth is relativized by the truth of fiction personified by Renzi, and this finds a narrative foundation in the historical research done by Maggi. Tardewski’s philosophical truth remains isolated and whole. The book’s key is the discovery that the truth of philosophical reason is the villain of the novel, since it is a tyrannical, totalitarian and destructive force whose remoteness from reality prevents it from explaining and making sense of the same.
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