About the Geography of Perception and Phenomenology in El fin del Océano Pacífico de Tomás González

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze how, through the concept of geogra-phy, relying on the phenomenology of the lived experiences, Tomás González in The End of the Pacific Ocean reaffirms his literary com-mitment to exalting the relationship between human beings and na-ture. His use of geography, space and nature, perceived subjectively and irreversibly by the narrator’s senses, are responsible for commu-nicating an aesthetic and literary proposal that offers a new reading of that inhospitable and indomitable place that is the Colombian Pacific. The author’s aesthetic proposal, and the use of the natural phenome-na offered by the Colombian Pacific are the ideal excuse to denounce the abuses to which the region and its inhabitants are exposed to. González uses his predilection for this region to craft his story and achieve one where the place is given as an experience.