Abstract
Beginning with a wide overview that contextualizes the transformation of violence in a major subject in Latin American culture and mass media, this paper makes an analysis of the novel El ruido de las cosas al caer (2011), by Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez. Evoking the fear felt by the generation who grew up in Bogotá during the narco-terrorism years, the book seeks to restore an experience that could be lost with the proliferation of sensationalist discourses without commitment to memory.
Keyword
Latin American literature; violence in literature; literature and politics; literature and journalism; Colombian literature; Juan Gabriel Vásquez