THE ISSUE OF IDENTITY IN MARIO ACEVEDO’S THE NYMPHOS OF ROCKY FLATS
THE ISSUE OF IDENTITY IN MARIO ACEVEDO’S THE NYMPHOS OF ROCKY FLATS
Author(s): Attila MóczaSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: 21st century literature; Gothic novel; identity crisis; isolation; othering; vampire fiction;
Summary/Abstract: The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo is an immediately contemporary vampire novel from 2006. Its main character is Felix Gomez, an American soldier serving in Iraq, where he gets transformed into a vampire, after which he goes through a significant identity crisis. Therefore, this paper focuses on the significance of identity regarding the issues of the contrast between human and vampire life, isolation and othering in Acevedo's novel.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 119-125
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
