Published in 1948, this brief, fierce breakthrough novel by a writer who trained as a. 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. In the year of its authors 100th birthday, an argentinian classic joins penguins modern hall of fame. First, he immediately and directly informs readers that he has committed a murder, an act that albert fuss credits with effectively inverting the. I it will be enough to say i am juan pablo castel, the painter who killed maria iribarne. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are juan pablo castel, maria iribarne. The tunnel is an intelligent, perceptive, but unexceptional tale of the warped, demented logic of an obsessional mind and of the kind of possessive love which can only quell its compulsive suspicions and jealousies by killing its object. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Where ambiguity would deepen the mystery of the novel, sabato makes matters plain. The first edition of the novel was published in 1948, and was written by ernesto sabato. One of the great short novels of the twentieth centuryin an edition marking the 100th anniversary of the authors birth. The storys title refers to the symbol for castels emotional and physical isolation from society, which becomes increasingly apparent as castel proceeds to tell from his jail cell the series of.