Sylvia Molloy is een Argentijnse auteur wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van identiteit en schrijven. Haar proza verkent regelmatig de grenzen tussen fictie en autobiografie, waarbij traditionele literaire categorieën worden uitgedaagd. Molloy's stijl kenmerkt zich door precisie en intellectuele diepgang, wat lezers een rijke en contemplatieve ervaring biedt. Haar literaire bijdrage ligt in haar aanhoudende onderzoek naar hoe taal ons begrip van onszelf en de wereld om ons heen vormt.
Originally published in 1981 as En breve carcel, Certificate of Absence is the first novel of the Argentinian scholar-critic Sylvia Molloy; it is innovative in its treatment of women's relationships and in its assertion of woman's right to author her own
Focusing on cultural and historical issues, this study explores the evolution of Spanish American autobiography from the post-colonial era to today. It highlights the genre's complex nature, blending personal narrative with historiography, and examines key texts like Sarmiento's Recuerdos de provincia and Victoria Ocampo's Autobiografia. Professor Molloy analyzes their narrative strategies, connections to European literature, and the use of memory, revealing insights into self-perception and the dynamics between individual identity and community.
How do you keep a friendship intact, when Alzheimer's has stolen the common ground of language, memory, and experience, that unites you?