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SALDANA, David. Political Cartographies of Memory: Identity and Space in Mapa dibujado por un espía by Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Acta poét [online]. 2021, vol.42, n.1, pp.113-134.  Epub 03-Mar-2021. ISSN 2448-735X.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ap.2021.1.888.

This work addresses the way geographical space is represented in Mapa dibujado por un espía (2013) by Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Taking into account the notions of Wayne C. Booth and Walter Benjamin regarding the narrator and the role of literature in society, we analyze this formal aspect of the text, the focalization of which proposes a “true” plot. The cartography of La Havana is based on the experience of the Cuban revolutionary reality that contrasts radically with the memories of the capital in the 50s. The historical data and the perception of the protagonist are combined in order to trace his identity, which is a form of the author’s insertion in the text: politics and daily life converge in order to re-map a space in which traditional culture and revolutionary cultural control are contrasted.

Palavras-chave : Rewriting; Map; Space; Social Criticism; Identity.