Abaddon the Destroyer

Abaddón El Exterminador

❈ The final work of the "Novel Trilogy" by the giant of 20th-century Latin American literature, and the sequel to "The Tunnel" and "The Hero and the Grave" ❈ An eyewitness to the plight, fear, and loneliness of a turbulent universe, and an eternal concern for religion, philosophy, and history in the human world ❈ Simplified Chinese version is published for the first time ——————————
This novel by the classic Argentinian author, Salvatore, is the final chapter in his psychological trilogy (The Tunnel, The Hero and the Grave, and Abaddon the Destroyer). The trilogy is interconnected and progressive, with "almost all of its works focusing on modern loneliness, anxiety, and mortality, expressing years of exploration and reflection on the proposition of human existence and destiny."
The main plot of "Abaddon the Destroyer" is three events that happened at the same time in 1973: first, the vision witnessed by "Madman" Barragan - a giant dragon with seven heads hovering in the night sky; second, seventeen-year-old Nacho saw his beloved sister having an affair with the president of a real estate company; third, twenty-three-year-old Marcelo was tortured to death in the basement of the police station because of his friendship with the guerrilla "Little Stick".
Beyond the central plot, the book is interspersed with a rather chaotic mix of conversations, memories, letters, interviews, and news reports. Characters who appeared in "The Tunnel" and "Heroes and Graves" reappear as both subjects and objects, and even the author himself becomes a character. The plot itself is no longer the most important, but the arguments and reflections within it, exploring a wide range of topics: reality, religion, philosophy, history, war, revolution, violence, reality, and the surreal... The work possesses the typical charm of Latin American literature, yet possesses a unique originality. While the readership is relatively high, its literary value and importance are undeniable.
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Borges and Salvatore are rivals, not on a narrow, winding path, but in the infinite universe. Borges could never have written "Abaddon the Destroyer," and Salvatore could never have written "The Aleph." I observed a common detail; someone will translate its symbolic meaning. It's these two cups: Borges's contains water; Salvatore's contains whiskey.
——Dialogue between Borges and Savato

2021-06-01

四川文艺出版社

566

9787541159299