Family Secrets and Narrative Structure in Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You"
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Universidad de Deusto
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ISSN: 0210-6124
Año de publicación: 2021
Volumen: 43
Número: 2
Páginas: 168-185
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos
Resumen
La novela de Celeste Ng Everything I Never Told You (2014) ha sido descrita como una mezcla de los rasgos típicos de las obras de suspense con otros menos habituales en las mismas que complican su clasificación como tal. Aunque sabemos desde el principio que la protagonista de la novela, Lydia Lee, ha aparecido muerta, descifrar quién está detrás del asesinato de la joven chino-americana es sólo uno de los misterios del libro. Si bien el lector o lectora se pregunta qué motivos o personajes pueden haber llevado a Lydia a la muerte, otros enigmas ligados al destino de la protagonista —relativos a los demás miembros de la familia Lee—surgen a lo largo del relato. Este artículo estudia la estructura de la obra, repleta de secretos, que se mueve entre las especulaciones de los Lee sobre la muerte de Lydia, el terrible impacto que esta tiene en ellos y la versión de la protagonista de su propia historia. Ng indaga en cuestiones de género, raza y demás tipos de alteridad que están en el origen de los secretos que impulsan el relato. Ayudado por ideas propuestas por Frank Kermode, Derek Attridge y otros críticos, el artículo destaca el papel de los secretos de familia como principio estructurador de la novela.
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