The work of Francisco Gomez Agudelo, better known as Efe Gomez, has been considered a critical piece of the social processes of the Antioquia settlers of his time; Indeed, his work opposes speeches celebrating those symbols that embody the traditional values of the culture paisa call; This paper reading three tales Efe Gomez, as literary documents, allowing a better understanding of the complex processes that led to the social construction of Antioquia and basic image of the abstract category is proposed that the collective imagination called Raza Paisa, identifying the man of “la cultura Antioquena”, from the close relationship between literature and society. Such stories are: Un Zaratustra Maicero, Lorenzo and la tragedia del minero.”