Books like El túnel by Ernesto Sabato
"El túnel" centers on Juan Pablo Castel, a distraught and psychotic painter, who becomes infatuated with María, a woman attending an art exhibition. Married to a blind man and simultaneously involved with her cousin, María becomes the focus of Castel’s obsessive mind. As his jealousy intensifies, the narrative reveals his deteriorating mental state—all filtered through Castel’s fragmented perspective, leaving the reader uncertain of objective truth. The novel explores themes of love, obsession, and the dissolution of sanity within the context of 20th‑century Argentine art.
First publish date: 1977
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ernesto Sabato
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COMPLETELY BILINGUAL
Commonly used Spanish and English idioms illustrated with sample sentences.
BILINGUE EN SU TOTALIDAD
Modismos de uso comun en español e ingles con oraciones que ejemplifican su uso.
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