Letters from/in Berlin: Morir en Berlin by Carlos Cerda and El desierto by Carlos Franz

Abstract

Letters from/in Western and Eastern Berlin are the starting point of this article, in which we examine the illocutionary and perlocutionary strength of this textual type in the novels Morir en Berlín by Carlos Cerda and El desierto by Carlos Franz. Additionally, the article discusses the problems of guilt, forgiveness, memory, told/lived history and some intertexts that link both novels.