{"product_id":"groundless-noir-ontology-and-latin-american-crime-fiction-paperback","title":"Groundless Noir: Ontology and Latin American Crime Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErik Larson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis philosophical study of Latin American noir fiction poses the question, What if precarity and uncertainty aren't just themes of the genre but ways of being in the world? Emerging from a region immersed in violence, trauma, and political instability, the \u003ci\u003enovela negra\u003c\/i\u003e reveals not just disillusionment but a desire to adapt to, even dwell within, chaos. In the hands of writers like Ricardo Piglia, Roberto Bolaño, and Patricia Melo, savvy detectives and antiheroes navigate a world in which meaning constantly shifts and certainty is elusive. Blending literary analysis with philosophical inquiry, Larson draws on Heideggerian ontology to demonstrate how the noir novel becomes a mode of existence--grounded in its very groundlessness. Rather than offering resolution, these novels embody a paradoxical desire: to engage crisis while also adapting to it. In doing so, they become both ideological and pedagogical--existential fiction for an uncertain world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eERIK LARSON is an associate professor of Spanish at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he teaches courses on Latin American literature and culture. His research focuses on noir literature from Latin America at the intersection of philosophy and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.99 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268977938629,"sku":"9781684485901","price":74.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/b14ydFJZ5O9781684485901.webp?v=1779512067","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/groundless-noir-ontology-and-latin-american-crime-fiction-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}