This reading draws its methodological justification from the fact that, in the novel: a) the fictious writer Diogo Santiago tells us that he is still to mourn his parents b) his symptoms seem also to indicate that he suffers from deep melancholia. The analysis will be followed by the eyes of Freud, Judith Butler, Maria Torok, Nicolas Abraham, Marie Claude Lambotte and Jacques Derrida. La mantilla es cuestión de devoción personal en la tradición católica, una mujer muestra reverencia ante Dios y se honra ante él cubriéndose con un velo.The purpose of this study is to examine, in Diogo Santiago’s character – the fictitious author of The Mapper of Absences, the last novel by the Mozambican writer Mia Couto – the way his coming back to the places of his childood – in the city of Beira – mourning and melancholia play their part. Vestida de luto por su marido y con un velo de encaje o mantilla en la cabeza, Doña María se prepare para rezar el rosario de la tarde. Las arrugas de su rostro guardan los recuerdos de los momentos más críticos de su vida momentos de alegría, tristeza, sorpresa e inmensa alegría. Manos que son muestra de más de noventa años de trabajo, esfuerzo y dedicación a su familia. The mantilla is a matter of personal devotion in the Catholic tradition, a woman shows reverence before God and honors herself before him by veiling.Įsta venerable anciana, orgullosa hija de vaquero, leal y fiel esposa de vaquero, y amorosa y cariñosa madre de vaqueros, sostiene un frágil rosario en sus ásperas y rudas manos. Dressed in mourning for her husband and wearing a lace veil, or mantilla, on her head, Doña María gets ready to pray the afternoon rosary. The wrinkles on her face hold the memories of the most critical moments in her life moments of happiness, sadness, surprise, and immense joy. Hands that are proof of more than 90 years of work, effort, and dedication to her family. This venerable old woman, proud daughter of a vaquero, loyal and faithful wife of a vaquero, and loving and caring mother of vaqueros, holds a fragile rosary in her rough, rugged hands. Werner Segarra, House of Ramírez Montoya, Huásabas, 2013, Digital photography photographic paper, digital printing
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