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I thought about the fight club angle too (which is how I found this post, was curious if others had that theory) - I'm reading it again to see if it could pan out. If Corelli is just his psychotic alter ego caused by the tumor. I think his psychosis gets worse and worse throughout the book until he goes completely insane at the end with the present of Christina. At this point, in the prisoner of heaven, he may already be in jail but just living in his head for the purpose of the narration. Prisoner of Heaven also suggests he wrote the book the Angel's Game (if I recall correctly), so he is the author and also could have changed the end to what he wished it were instead of winding up in jail. So it's autobiographical but with a happy ending...
completely agree with you I took it as David having a split personality. His sickness gets worse and worse and that's where he starts confusing reality with fantasy. Probably throughout the majority of the book he is in prison but thinks otherwise and lives an entirely different life in his head. The few times he comes to his senses are the times that he speaks to Fermin and gives him instructions to keep an eye on Daniel.
I don't think Corelli was really interested in starting a religion with all the books he made his creatures write; rather, he was interested in religion and liked stories about his obsession, and, perhaps, himself. Corelli has all the hallmarks and symbolism of being Lucifer, and mentions that his father rejected him, which is also perhaps a motivation for the stories being written - he wants validation and misses his Father.
Marlasca's wife did know that he was still alive, and why, hence the secrecy. (She also could see that he was not ageing, and knew everything he had done to make that happen.) She knew he was masquerading as Salvador, and entertained visits from him, though it is not clear if the relationship was amicable; he had, after all, lost his soul.
I don't think that there is that much symbolism with David's parents. His father's fate and subsequent inability to be a stable husband and father was something that his mother perhaps resented in her meagre lot in life, and wanted nothing to do with a son who gave the impression of having the same inclinations as the father.
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I thought about the fight club angle too (which is how I found this post, was curious if others had that theory) - I'm reading it again to see if it could pan out. If Corelli is just his psychotic alter ego caused by the tumor. I think his psychosis gets worse and worse throughout the book until he goes completely insane at the end with the present of Christina. At this point, in the prisoner of heaven, he may already be in jail but just living in his head for the purpose of the narration. Prisoner of Heaven also suggests he wrote the book the Angel's Game (if I recall correctly), so he is the author and also could have changed the end to what he wished it were instead of winding up in jail. So it's autobiographical but with a happy ending...
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completely agree with you I took it as David having a split personality. His sickness gets worse and worse and that's where he starts confusing reality with fantasy. Probably throughout the majority of the book he is in prison but thinks otherwise and lives an entirely different life in his head. The few times he comes to his senses are the times that he speaks to Fermin and gives him instructions to keep an eye on Daniel.
I don't think Corelli was really interested in starting a religion with all the books he made his creatures write; rather, he was interested in religion and liked stories about his obsession, and, perhaps, himself. Corelli has all the hallmarks and symbolism of being Lucifer, and mentions that his father rejected him, which is also perhaps a motivation for the stories being written - he wants validation and misses his Father.Marlasca's wife did know that he was still alive, and why, hence the secrecy. (She also could see that he was not ageing, and knew everything he had done to make that happen.) She knew he was masquerading as Salvador, and entertained visits from him, though it is not clear if the relationship was amicable; he had, after all, lost his soul.
I don't think that there is that much symbolism with David's parents. His father's fate and subsequent inability to be a stable husband and father was something that his mother perhaps resented in her meagre lot in life, and wanted nothing to do with a son who gave the impression of having the same inclinations as the father.
