Las muertes paralelas

by Sergio Missana

A novel.

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2010

Reviews

[Kyle C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tomás has just turned forty and, to mark this pivotal moment, has quit his job as an advertising executive and is finalizing his divorce. At the same time, he is experiencing intermittent bouts of perturbing visions and unexplained amnesia. Initially, he believes he is dreaming. Confused by his premonitory hallucinations, he imprisons a homeless woman in his bachelor pad. He tries to track down his ex-wife pursuing her into the desert. Over time, he realizes that in these episodic visions he is actually sharing consciousness with other people and is participating in a fateful web of predestined events. While the premise of interconnected consciousness might seem like a sci-fi cliche, Missana produces a superbly experimental novel. As Tomás inhabits the minds of others, he sees and interacts with people who tangentially intersect with his own life. The narrative becomes intersubjective. Sometimes, it is unclear who is the narrative focus anymore (Tomás? Inés? Matías? Who exactly is who?) There are some brilliantly tragicomic moments when he meets his ex-wife in the body of others. It's like a sci-fi tale of Amphitryon but at the heart of this story is the human desire to have a child.

[Angie]

final inesperado

[Pedro Saavedra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exelente, logra captar el interés y envolverte en diversas vidas unidas por un invisible destino.