Goodreads asked Guillermo Arbe:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Guillermo Arbe Ithaca and the experience of college at Cornell burned such a vivid impression on my life that I always new that one day I would write about it. The experience changed me. Many experiences were unique.
At the same time, Cornell was well known for the number of suicides. I would always answer whatever could drive someone to suicide in such a beatiful setting and in the midst of so much interesting intellectual events and discussions. This is one possibility.

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