Arqueología de un mundo imaginario : La Mañosa de Juan Bosch

Abstract

The different versions, grammatical revisions, additions and mutilations, to which La Mañosa suffered, over forty years, represent an evolution in Juan Bosch’s literary work, which goes hand in hand along with his conception of Spanish language knowledge, with his explicit theory of literature which consists in avoiding superficial details, useless lyricism and other digressions that affect the rhythm of the narration in favor of the action in the story. Therefore, this work, that extends from the first to the fourth manuscript until the author’s last revised and corrected edition, is nothing but the history of writing or maybe the archaeology of that imaginary world recreated in La Mañosa, la novela de las revoluciones, Juan Bosch’s first long fiction novel.