"El Tunel"

When I was studying in the school, I had to read a book that I read it again a few weeks ago because I remembered that it was a really good book. It is "El Tunel" by Ernesto Sabato.

The story is about a painter that tell us about how he murdered the woman he loved. Everything is related to the way that Juan Pablo Castel, our protagonist, is progressing about how he feels and thinks about Maria Iribarne. I like this book because it shows a very pessimistic way of thinking about life, art, and love. He represents , in a certain way, the anti Hero of the love novels. There is a moment that I hated the character because he falls into a moralistic way of thinking about everything. He's a very insecure person, and his head is really messy.

Here is a little extract from the book.

"This unespected trip to the field awoke the first doubt. As it always happens, I started to find souspicious previous details that I hadn’t notice before. Why those voice changes on the phone yesterday?. Who were those people that “came and out” and that didn´t let her to talk naturally?. Besides, that proved that she was capable of feign. And why did that woman hesitate when I asked for Miss Iribarne?. But specially a sentence had engraved in me with something like acid: “When I close the door they know they shouldn’t bother me”. I thought that many shadows existed around María."

Here is a review from Amazon.

 One of a kind April 12, 2003

By JAMES TRAVIS

Format:Paperback

This is the only piece of fiction I have read that has grabbed me to the point that 'I could not put it down'. Juan Pablo Castel is obviously insane ---- but then why do I keep reading his confession? This is 115 pages and it just does not stop. Don't bother trying to categorize this work. It is one of a kind

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