The Tunnel

Informationen zum Autor Ernesto Sabato (b. June 24, 1911) 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. Klappentext This noir detective novel is published in "Modern Classics" for the first time; it was a favourite of Graham Greene and Albert Camus. Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

Ernesto Sabato (b. June 24, 1911) 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ernesto Sabato
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780141194547
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119454-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary