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Family Monsters in Meu pai vaite matar de María Xosé Queizán”, en
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Meu pai vaite matar (My Father Will Kill You), by María Xosé
Queizán, is a hybrid between the thriller and memoir-novel, causing the
intersection between the two genres to change the police investigation into
an enquiry into the protagonists’ personal and family backgrounds. The
main character experiences both an anagnorisis and personal
fulfillment/rebirth. Analysis of the plot shows that the action evolves
around the idea of transgenerational transfer of trauma suggesting that
self-knowledge is only possible through an understanding of the past, the
restoration and healing of the family and the dismantling of the
mechanisms of tragedy. The policewoman protagonist represents a
Hannah Arendt-style reassessment of concepts of authority and power.
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LAMA LÓPEZ, María Xesús. Family Monsters in Meu pai vaite matar de María Xosé Queizán”, en. Capítol del llibre: Phillips. Bill (ed.). Vol. Family Relationships in Contemporary Crime Fiction: la Famiglia, num. Cambridge Schollars Publishing, pags. 2019. [consulted: 8 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218271