The Seven Madmen (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Roberto Arlt
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The 1920’s
- Setting: Buenos Aires and its suburbs
- Principal Characters: Remo Erdosain, Elsa, Gregorio Barsut, The Pharmacist Ergueta, Hipolita, The Astrologer
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Middle classes, Revolutions, Alienation, 1920’s, Argentina or Argentineans, Existentialism, Inventions or inventors
- Locales: Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
The Seven Madmen chronicles the disaffiliation of Remo Erdosain from normal, middle-class life and his increasing involvement with the mysterious conspiracy of The Astrologer. During a period of only a few months, Erdosain moves from being an accounting clerk with a pretty, respectable wife to being the colleague of various denizens of the underworld, occultists, and political fanatics. The novel closes with Erdosain among these dangerous companions, under the charismatic sway of The Astrologer, and working on an invention that, if successful, would be fatally...
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