A review by waller421
Maldición eterna a quien lea estas páginas by Manuel Puig

4.0

A novel of disquieting insight into the darkest corners of human consciousness. Told through a series of back and forth dialogues between the two main characters --an ill and retired syndicalist and his caretaker, a ex-university professor with a somber past--, their friendship soon reveals just to what extent a shared solitude can become a mutual preying, an obsessive unraveling of that which is hidden beneath everyone's carefully constructed exterior. Oedipal struggles, abusive paternal relations, political disappointments and unrequited lusts, these are the themes that will haunt whoever decides to gaze upon these cursed pages.