Social history and literature in early-20th century Colombia. The middle class in Jose Felix Fuenmayor's novel Cosme

Based on the indexical method proposed by Carlo Ginzburg, this article focuses on the novel Cosme in order to analyze the aspects of the underlying social context within the novel. From the outer concentric circles made by what little we know about the life of Jose Felix Fuenmayor, the authors travel to the world of the characters in the novel, showing that there are certain aspects which are very close to the author's personal and family life. They reconstruct certain aspects of the sociocultural fabric of Barranquilla in the early 20(th) century, especially the middle class layers that were organized around a lifestyle in which the projection of a socially valued image was essential.