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The Tunnel (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Ernesto Sabato; Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden; Introduction by Colm Toibin
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One of the great short novels of the twentieth century--in an
edition marking the 100th anniversary of the author's birth.
An unforgettable psychological novel of obsessive love, "The
Tunnel" was championed by Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, and Graham
Greene upon its publication in 1948 and went on to become an
international bestseller. At its center is an artist named Juan
Pablo Castel, who recounts from his prison cell his murder of a
woman named Maria Iribarne. Obsessed from the moment he sees her
examining one of his paintings, Castel fantasizes for months about
how they might meet again. When he happens upon her one day, a
relationship develops that convinces him of their mutual love. But
Castel's growing paranoia leads him to destroy the one thing he
truly cares about.
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The Tunnel (Paperback)
Ernesto Sabato
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Framed as the confession of a tormented outcast who has murdered
the only woman capable of understanding him, Ernesto Sabato's The
Tunnel has been acclaimed as a masterpiece by writers such as
Albert Camus and Graham Greene. This Penguin Classics edition is
translated by Margaret Sayers Peden with an introduction by Colm
Toibin. Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan
Pablo Castel is now writing a detailed account of his relationship
with the victim from his prison cell: obsessed from the first
moment he saw her examining one of his paintings, Castel had become
fixated on her over the next months and fantasized over how they
might meet again. When he happened upon her one day, a relationship
was formed which swiftly convinced him of their mutual love. But
Castel's growing paranoia would lead him to destroy the one thing
he truly cared about... Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011) was born in
Rojas, a small town in Buenos Aires Province. He read physics at
the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, attended the Sorbonne in
Paris, and worked at the Curie Institute. After World War II, he
lost faith in science and began writing fiction. If you enjoyed The
Tunnel, you might like Albert Camus' The Outsider, also available
in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Sabato captures the intensity of
passions run into uncharted passages where love promises not
tranquillity, but danger' Los Angeles Times 'An existentialist
classic ... Retains a chilling, memorable power' The New York Times
Book Review
'A novelist of immense power ... uncompromising and original' Colm
Toibin 'I can feel the passage of time, as though it were coursing
through my veins, along with my blood...' One June day in 1955
Alejandra, last of a noble yet decaying Argentinian dynasty, shoots
her father, locks herself up with his body, and sets fire to them
both. What caused this act of insanity? Does the answer lie with
Martin, her troubled lover, Bruno, the writer who worshipped her
mother, or with her father Fernando himself, demonic creator of the
strange 'Report on the Blind'? Their lives entwine in Ernesto
Sabato's dark epic of passion, philosophy and paranoia in Buenos
Aires. 'Bewitched, baroque, monumental' Newsweek
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