On Reading Fuentes

A convention of fantastic literature that many critics agree on is the process by which something supernatural irrupts in the midst of an otherwise routine and normal environment. The intrusion of the paranormal gives rise to a tension, or vacillation, that continues unabated until the disturbing phenomenon passes or is explained in terms of the known physical laws of the universe. At times, as in the case of science fiction, there is no attempt to reconcile the reader's world with that depicted in the work of fiction. However, in order for the reader to leave the text with a sense of satisfaction and comfort, many successful examples of fantastic literature reach or intimate some form of resolution. The knowledge that the reader brings to the text contributes, then, to the dissipation of the sensation of the uncanny, once in possession of the code that deciphers the mystery.1 For

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