The ghost mission of the ships: Subjectivity and urban space in the novel of Ronaldo Costa Fernandes

This article analyzes the novel Um homem e muito pouco by Ronaldo Costa Fernandes in order to examine the representation of subjectivity of the four characters who narrate different sections of the novel; the importance of the description of the urban spaces in the narrative; and the integration of literary reference as a form of narrative development. The article also highlights memory as a most important element in the narrativespecifically, the recollections by the four narrators-characters of situations experienced during the 1964-1985 Brazilian civic-military dictatorship.