Autofiction in París no se acaba nunca (2003) and No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea (2016)

Abstract

This article evaluates how the autoficitional discourse is constructed in two contemporary novels: París no se acaba nunca (2003) by the Spanish author Enrique Vila-Matas, and No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea by the Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos. Based on the review of several theoric and critical approaches, thepresent text proposes a set of elements as identifiers of the autofictional discourse, and evaluates how they are introduced in both novels. The paradox of the term autofiction in relation to the elements of the autobiografy becomes evident. Finally, it is stated that from the publication of Paris no se acaba nunca until the one of No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea there has been constant experimentation in narrative terms within the Spanish-language-works that are called autofiction and “writings of the self ”.