Weary Old Dogs: Ageing Masculinities in Arturo Pérez-Reverte's Los perros duros no bailan. Issue 4 (21st April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alonso-Recarte, Claudia
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of Spanish studies. Volume 99:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 619
• Page End: 639
• Publication Date: 2022-04-21
• Subjects: Arturo Pérez-Reverte -- Los perros duros no bailan -- masculinity -- male heroes -- ageing -- dogs -- Spanish history -- intertextuality -- anthropomorphism; Spanish philology -- Periodicals; Portuguese philology -- Periodicals; Spanish literature -- Periodicals; Portuguese literature -- Periodicals; Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 860.5
• DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2022.2095864
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-3820

Abstract

Abstract : Arturo Pérez-Reverte's short novel Los perros duros no bailan (2018) is the first of the prolific Spanish writer's attempts at animal fable and allegory. This postmodern and highly intertextual novel explores the nature of masculinity and ageing in a hostile world of violence and conflict. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of the motif of the dog, and the way in which the author deploys it as mechanism through which to communicate issues around gender, age, history and Spanish identity.