Abstract

The sicario novel is presented as an important breakthrough in Colombian letters, delivering a broad vision of tangible violence. The figure of the sicario is represented with homogeneous characteristics that are subverted for the first time in 1999 with the publication of the work Rosario Tijeras, where a female subject, who actively participates in the world of sicariato, is present. In this perspective, the present article will analyze the construction of the subject Rosario from the registers of the word and the body, in order to situate it as an inescapable antecedent in the murderer's novel in Colombia.