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Christine Arkinstall
Mercedes Salisachs is one of the most prolific and popular of Spanish writers, but also, among the most neglected in critical studies. Among reasons for this relative oblivion is the fact that she has been seen as a bourgeois author, defending values aligned with those of the Franco regime. Nevertheless, much of Salisachs's production reveals the negative ramifications of Francoism in the daily lives of Spaniards subsequent to the Civil War. This study traces hoy works published after Franco's death in 1975 participate in a critique of the triumphant history of the dictatorship, breaking with the official pact of amnesia in Spain during its transition to democracy and the 1980s. Salisachs's subversion of Spain's Francoist past is examined in three novels: "La gangrena" (1975), "La sinfonía de las moscas"(1982) and "Bacteria mutante" (1996). Each provides a specific window on the Francoist past and the context contemporary to its publication.
