Holas, S.2017-11-092017-11-092013Nueva Revista del Pacifico, 2013; 59(2):31-430716-6346http://hdl.handle.net/2440/109463This study aims at questioning and dismantling of the concepts of history & identity in Alejo's Carpentier. El arpa y la sombra. The narration offers this possibility when such dichotomies as history / lies, identity / ventriloquy are interpreted as from a critical perspective. In fact, the dismantling of these dichotomies allows Carpentier to fathom a much more complex Columbus than the one mono-logically constructed and championed by the official literature.esCopyright Status Unknown“El arpa y la sombre”; history; lies; identity; ventriloquismJournal article0030063727190412