El estrangulador
| Author | Manuel Vázquez Montalbán |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Grijalbo Mondadori |
Publication date | Oct 31, 1994 |
| Media type |
El estrangulador (English, The Strangler) is a 1994 novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. The book was published on Oct 31, 1994 through Grijalbo Mondadori and focuses around a psychiatric patient that gives a potentially unreliable narration of his life.[1] The book has received some praise for its content and won the Premio de la Crítica Española award in 1995.[2][3]
Synopsis
The book follows an unnamed narrator that is currently living in a psychiatric hospital. Through the book the narrator talks about the people he has killed and claims to be responsible for a series of murders in Boston. Vázquez Montalbán wrote the book in a such a manner that the reader is left to decide whether or not the narrator has committed as many or any of the murders he claims to have performed.[4]
References
- ↑ Aguado, T (2004). "Ni "El estrangulador" ni el hombre total: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán y la historia de Boston". Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 8: 23–39. doi:10.1353/hcs.2011.0261. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ "Vázquez Montalban: "El estrangulador' no es un caso clínico, es un caso literario"". El Pais. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Díaz Arenas, Angel (1997). Quién Es Quién: En la Obra Narrativa de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Edition Reichenberger. p. 5. ISBN 3930700530.
- ↑ Colmeiro, Jose (2007). Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Tamesis Books. pp. 5, 9, 109–110, 291. ISBN 185566156X.