Abstract
Through the combination of the genres of narrative and theater and the inclusion of metaliterary elements and metaphors, Valenzuela creates an intricate text open to a variety of critical approaches. The theatrical considerations of the novel are particularly interesting, and it is from the perspective of performance that I undertake this analysis. The novel begins in the style of the detective genre; however, it rapidly disintigrates into a story that goes nowhere. This compels the reader to examine the relationships of characters to each other as the ontological considerations of the postmodernist text are foregrounded.! Furthermore, the text, which appears at first glance to pertain to the novelistic genre, quickly
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