La “Pentalogía (infame) de Colombia” de Daniel Ferreira: una aproximación a su obra

Abstract

Among the new voices of the Colombian narrative, and within the context of a solid and long tradition of literature of violence, we point out the literary production of a young writer of Santander, Daniel Ferreira, who delivered the first expression of an organized “Pentalogía (infame) de Colombia” in his three novels: Balada de los bandoleros baladíes (2011), Viaje al interior de una gota de sangre (2011) and Rebelión de los oficios inútiles (2014). This article proposes an introduction to his work, analyzing above all the literary aspects of his last novel, which, based on a fragmentary and ambiguous construction of documentary marks, relights the deep reflection about the memories and the oblivion of all those conflicts that dramatically portrayed the history of the country.