In this paper, we comparatively investigate Los Días de la Peste (2017), by Edmundo Paz Soldán, and Cadáver Exquisito (2018), by Agustina Bazterrica, from a concept that is still little explored in Latin American literary criticism: post-pessimism. We observe in the works similar perspectives in the narrative framework, such as: the figuration of social problems through dystopian narratives; the constitution of characters between resignation and stoic acceptance of the unfair experienced situations; the representation of different forms of violence as central axes of the novels.
