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'Nadie llegó a saber nunca': José Luis González and the Work of Mourning for the Unknown

'Nadie llegó a saber nunca': José Luis González and the Work of Mourning for the Unknown

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_lrcgauss_A755570727

'Nadie llegó a saber nunca': José Luis González and the Work of Mourning for the Unknown

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'Nadie llegó a saber nunca': José Luis González and the Work of Mourning for the Unknown

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Studies

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Romance notes, 2022-11, Vol.62 (3), p.503-513

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English

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Studies

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Set during the Korean War (1950-1953), Puerto Rican writer José Luis Gonzalez's short story "Una caja de plomo que no se podía abrir" centers on the trauma that a working-class urban community in Puerto Rico undergoes when the remains of one of them, a soldier named Moncho, are delivered home in a small box that cannot be opened. Focusing on the po...

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'Nadie llegó a saber nunca': José Luis González and the Work of Mourning for the Unknown

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TN_cdi_gale_lrcgauss_A755570727

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_lrcgauss_A755570727

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0035-7995,2165-7599

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2165-7599

DOI

10.1353/rmc.2022.0038

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