Abstract:
Mercedes Salisachs has often been seen as a bourgeois author, defending values aligned with those of the Franco regime. Nevertheless, much of Salisachs,s production reveals the negative ramifications of Francoism in the daily lives of Spaniards subsequent to the Civil War. This study traces how works published after Franco,s death in 1975-namely, La gangrena (1975), La sinfonía de las moscas (1982) and Bacteria mutante (1996)-, participate in a subversive critique of the triumphant history of the dictatorship, breaking with the official pact of amnesia in Spain during its transition to democracy and the 1980s. All other nine contributors are of high international calibre (for example, Profs. Shirley Mangini, David Herzberger, Lisa Vollendorf, Maryellen Bieder, José Colmeiro).