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El túnel [Paperback]

Ernesto Sabato (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)


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8432215147 978-8432215148 May 1995 2nd
For those interested in South American literature, this is a "tour-de-force". Clever and gripping from beginning to end, "El Tunel" reveals how an intelligent and educated man can be driven to insanity and even crime by his own doubts and the obsessive drive for the love of a woman.
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El tunel"" (1948), del argentino Ernesto Sabato, es una de las grandes novelas sudamericanas de este siglo, cuyos ecos recogieron pronto en Europa Graham Greene y Camus. El relato, montado con los recursos de la novela policial, desarrolla un personaje que revela su psicologia introspectiva e impone al lector un analisis de la desesperanza. El protagonista, Juan Pablo Castel, persigue inutilmente lo inalcanzable, que no es sino el regreso a la infancia, simbolizada en la ventana de un cuadro, motivo reiterado largamente en la narracion. --Los editores --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Text: Spanish --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 155 pages
  • Publisher: Seix Barral; 2nd edition (May 1995)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 8432215147
  • ISBN-13: 978-8432215148
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,762,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars La Lógica Absurda, March 7, 2000
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Sábato, a través de Juan Pablo Castel, nos atrapa en la desesperación de encontrarle un significado a la vida. Muchos lectores hablan de la sicología del personaje principal pero olvidan que la novela demuestra los fines absurdos donde llegan los que se guían exclusivamente por la lógica--esa gran herramienta creada por el hombre que suele confundirse con la verdad (absoluto que buscamos sin éxito). Castel proporciona inferencias insólitas que poco a poco lo van ahogando, escondiéndole cada vez más la posibilidad de su amor ideal y revelándole una melancolía inevitable. Sus grandes razonamientos solo logran incrementar el misterio. Esta obra brilla precisamente porque Castel sufre la gran soledad de la condición humana. María Iribarne--bella, triste, indefinible, misteriosa e inalcanzable--es la víctima del trágico Castel--el que búsca estancarla en su esquema de la vida. Aunque comete un acto atroz, el lector se encuentra compadeciendo al protagonista por sus semejantes locuras--ya que todas son extremadamente humanas. Hay algo de Castel en todos. Este es un libro dimensional que se debe de leer varias veces para aprender de sus dolorosas sutilezas. Esto resulta placentero, ya que la narración de Sábato es sumamente accesible y seductora.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excelente, June 5, 1999
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este libro es excelente tanto por su tratamiento de un tema tan complejo como la mente humana y ademas por ser tan corto, conciso y preciso espero que todos lo disfruten
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind, April 12, 2003
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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