The Imaginary of Violence in Radu Pavel Gheo’s Novels

Abstract

Radu Pavel Gheo’s novels Good Night, Children! [Noapte bună, copiii!] and Disco Titanic are connected on the structural level, but also by the time of action, atmosphere, some episodic characters and topography – the Banat and the ex-Yugoslav space. Both novels deal with the theme of violence (although from different perspectives), both institutional and individual (subjective and objective), and a series of violent deaths (murders, suicides, accidents) drives the action towards its end.