Heroes and Tombs

Sábato continues to examine the spiritual states that are as old as humanity and will exist as long as people live, after the book Tunnel . In Heroes and Graves, he pursues the ghosts of both his character and his country's past.

Trying to say something briefly about the subject of this novel would be an injustice to the book. The novel, which wanders through the dark labyrinths of power and grief, love and doubt, incest and murder, reminds us of the past with the presence of danger always waiting at the doorstep; By blending flashbacks and prophecies, it takes us on our second journey in Ernesto Sábato's philosophical and literary universe: Borders disappear, the reader wanders through the blurred, melting and reshaped time, through the fundamental problems of the reasons for the existence of Argentina and all humanity; It seeks answers to the questions "what is homeland, what is family, what is love, where is home?"

The section of the book titled "Investigation on the Blind" has a structure in the form of a "novel within a novel". We are confronted with the frightening story of a desperate search for an antidote to save an individual who is left alone with his fate, deprived of individual freedom, and barely breathing under political pressure. With its complex fiction, existential questions, black humor, deep psychological and mythological images, "Investigation on the Blind" turns the book in your hands into a magnificent masterpiece.

Sábato offers literature lovers with Heroes and Graves, which is considered one of the most impressive works of Latin American literature; Hesse, Dostoyevsky and Borges call their readers a "challenge"...

Those who cannot sleep comfortably at night; those who do not believe in institutions, identities, lofty ideals and principles; Those who do not want to live fake lives; For rebels and those who question their own self...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 2nd Edition

Number of Pages: 280

Media Type: Paperback

Original Name: Sobre héroes y tumbas