Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | From the Periphery to the Center: New Basque Women Writers
Chapter | Eider Rodríguez: cuerpo, enfermedad y narración
Eider Rodríguez: cuerpo, enfermedad y narración
Abstract
In this article we address the interpretive and narrative keys of Un corazón tan grande, a book of short stories by Eider Rodriguez, where women come into focus. The writer emphasises the importance of the body and the presence of scars, a recurring symbol. Under an apparent normality, conflicts about love, death, pain, (lack of) understanding – agreements and disagreements – beat at the heart of any relationship with family, a partner and one’s neighbours. The narrative ability of Eider Rodriguez reveals the mutable and contradictory nature of human beings, the ephemeral values of today’s society, and the visible and the invisible that underlie in human relationships, and in unsolved conflicts.
Submitted: Feb. 5, 2021 | Accepted: April 22, 2021 | Published March 4, 2022 | Language: es
Keywords Maternity • Reception • Basque Literature • Narrative • Feminism
Copyright © 2022 Jon Kortazar, Paloma Rodriguez-Miñambres. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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