Juan Pablo Castel is a tormented and insane painter who falls for Maria, a woman he meets at an art exhibition. She is married to a blind man -the subject of Sabato and Saramago's obsession- and has a house in the countryside. She is also the mistress of her own cousin. Castel discovers this and goes mad with jealousy. We have no way to know the truth, because everything in the novel happens inside Castel's mind.
- ISBN10 9871144261
- ISBN13 9789871144266
- Publish Date 1 January 2003 (first published 31 December 1995)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Booket
- Edition 7th ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 158
- Language English