Author(s): Ernesto Sabato

RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Literary Fiction

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. When he happened upon her one day, a relationship was formed which swiftly convinced him of their mutual love. But Castel's growing paranoia would lead him to destroy the one thing he truly cared about . . . 'Sabato captures the intensity of passions run into uncharted passages where love promises not tranquillity, but danger.' Los Angeles Times With an Introduction by Colm Tóibín Translation by Margaret Sayers Peden 'An existentialist classic . . . Retains a chilling, memorable power' The New York Times Book Review

1988. First english edition. A near fine copy only marked by age tanning of the pages. The d/w is unclipped and also near fine with only light shelf rubbing. Scans available if required.