%0 Journal Article %T Autoficci¨®n de un gozador de placeres ef¨ªmeros %A Alberca %A Manuel %J Olivar %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this paper, manuel vicent's trilogy, contra para¨ªso, tranv¨ªa a la malvarrosa and jard¨ªn de villa valeria, is described and analysed as a 'biographic autofiction'. these books are usually presented as novels, but they have a close relation with the author's life. so they are in between a 'fictitious pact' and 'autobiographic pact'. the author faces the double challenge of considering his writings as literary creation and reviewing at the same time his personal and collective past as a mark in the depths of the 'self'. besides it shows the origin of his learning and apprenticeship as a writer. %K manuel vicent %K today's spanish novel %K autofiction %K trilogy %K genesis of inner 'self' and literary vocation. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-44782008000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en