Elegir lo irreal. La ciudad y sus muros inciertos de Murakami

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show how The City and its Uncertain Walls, Murakami's latest novel, offers some singularities within its narrative and, at the same time, shows continuity in the use of certain compositional elements (characters, literary motifs, the use of the fantastic). The analysis will focus on delimiting the notable singularities - in addition to its mark of transtextuality due to its essential relationship with previous works - such as the choice of themes and issues of special importance: individual identity, the possible dimensions of existence, death and its enigmas. This scrutiny reveals the heterogeneous nature of its sections, which range from an elegiac tone to fantastic realism or metaphysical approaches. In the development of this analysis, the contributions on the author's affiliation with Magicc Realism and on the presence of the Japanese mythological tradition in his narrative universe have been taken into account.