Abstract
On more than one occasion, Lygia Fagundes Telles has resorted to the symbolic figuration of space in order to set up an unusual mood in her narratives. In stories like “The meeting”, “Come see the sunset” and “The hunt”, there is always an atmosphere of mystery and apprehension which results from the inter-relation between character, space, and language. In stories like the aforementioned, the reader encounters not only the question of representation, but a sort of magnifying glass to the possibilities of fiction, in which imagination, suspense and metafiction traverse the narratives. This work returns to these themes, calling on theories of narrative, philosophy, and literary criticism.
Keywords:
Lygia Fagundes Telles; mystery; characters; space