Juanita Narboni, the protagonist of this novel, plays the role of the current frustrated par excellence. A character anchored in false morals and who is whipped inside by discovering himself wanting everything that repudiates his reason.
Juanita becomes a fascinating character who hides from everyone and herself to enjoy that bipolarity to which emotions and reason lead her. Does it ring a bell? It is not such an unusual and remote case. Unhappiness is largely self-inflicted punishment, a sidelong glance into the mirror of the soul, a fear of feelings, a blockage to all that emerges when the heart beats. The road to annulment by choice.
But unhappiness is also discovering the passage of time, immobility, having missed opportunities and dedicating yourself to snoop into the lives of others and criticize everything that others do in their wrong lifestyle.
And the circle is closing more and more. Justification is necessary in sterile minds, how else could they endure a life mired in utter unhappiness? While others are racking their brains to find the fleeting moments of the only true happiness, unhappy people like Juanita prefer to languish day by day, which is like feeling death every second.
Juanita, to make matters worse, has her sister. A woman freed from all that. As if she had ended up releasing her poison into her being. His sister openly enjoys the surrounding modernity, what the circumstances offer her. In the end, you don't know whether to feel sorry for or repudiate Juanita, but you just hope you don't become someone like that.
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