Barren Lives and the perspective of social emancipation

Abstract

Between the narrator and the characters of Barren Lives there is a tense space of communication, a space that exposes unequal worlds, but which share the necessity and possibility of human progress, to some, conceded, denied to others; these worlds are found in the literary figuration of Barren Lives, to give expression to those who, in the midst of drought, desire life, abundance, love, progress. Among the characters themselves are uneven, subtle, but they constitute the wealth or "cunning" of the real (Lenin); from it, the historical overcoming is operated, dialectically.