The Tunnel
by Ernesto Sabato
Taste attributes: psychologicalcrimedramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA heavy book that is morally murky and moving. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
Juan Pablo Castel is a tormented and insane painter who falls for Maria, a woman he meets at an art exhibition. She is married to a blind man -the subject of Sabato and Saramago's obsession- and has a house in the countryside. She is also the mistress of her own cousin. Castel discovers this and goes mad with jealousy. We have no way to know the truth, because everything in the novel happens inside Castel's mind.
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- Author
- Ernesto Sabato
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 151
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- Open Library
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