Potpourri: conjeturas y cavilaciones

Abstract

Potpourri, Cambaceres’ first novel, raised a significant moral debate concerning its subject matter, its style of writing and the dismissiveness of its narrator, who was directly identified with the author. The article deals with this specific style –which was frequently criticized– in order to suggest that the narrative power and the experimental dimension of the novel are to be found precisely in its alleged formless surface, in its detachment from conventions and in the narrator’s indolence. Following this conceptual thread, the article inquires into some specific aspects of the novel: the anonymity, the whistle, the gossip, the open secrets and the architecture of the page