On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sabato (Paperback, 2017)

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He earned a PhD in physics before relocating to Paris. After World War II, he lost faith in science and began writing fiction, although he would burn much of his work. His three published novels are The Tunnel (1948), his masterpiece On Heroes and Tombs (1961) and The Angel of Darkness (1974).

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Sabato's masterpiece of obsessive love and murder in 1950s Buenos Aires, new to Penguin Modern Classics Sabato's dark, philosophical novel is woven around a violent crime committed by Alejandra, the daughter of a prominent Argentinian family. Alejandra's act entwines the lives of three men- her father, Fernanda Vidal, a man who believes himself hunted by a secret organization of the blind, her troubled lover, Martin and Bruno, a writer who loved her mother. Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s, On Heroes and Tombs leads its reader into a world of passion, philosophy and paranoia.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141985862
eBay Product ID (ePID)237065794

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Book TitleOn Heroes and Tombs
AuthorErnesto Sabato
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2017
Number of Pages480 Pages

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Item Height199mm
Item Width132mm
Item Weight348g

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Title_AuthorErnesto Sabato
Series TitlePenguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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