Shipwrecks and Time in Daniel Moyano’s Libro de navíos y borrascas

Daniel Moyano’s novel Libro de navios y borrascas depicts a voyage undertaken by seven hundred exiles in the wake of a 1976 coup d’etat in Argentina. The story centers on a violinist named Rolando, who dreams of a better life as he heads for Spain. This study explores how the ship’s journey and the image of shipwreck serve as metaphors that enable a critical examination of representations of time based on linear historical progress. The exiles face a dilemma as they attempt to progress toward a collective destination that conflicts with the multiplicity of historical memory.