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The Hole by Revueltas, José is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Hole about?

A Classic Of Mexican Literature In The Twentieth Century, The Hole Is A Dazzlingly Devastating Novella. Set In A Mexican Prison In The Late 1960s, The Hole Follows Three Inmates As They Plot To Sneak In Drugs Under The Noses Of Their Ape-like Guards. The Inmates Desperately Need To Secure Their Next Fix, And Hatch A Plan That Involves Convincing One Of Their Mothers To Bring The Drugs Into The Prison, Inside Her Person. But Everything About Their Plan Is Doomed From The Beginning, Doomed To End In Violence ... Unfolding In A Single Paragraph, The Hole Is A Verbal Torrent, A Prison Inside A Prison, And An Ominous Parable About How Deformed And Wretched Institutions Create Even More Deformed And Wretched Individuals-- José Revueltas ; Introduction By Álvaro Enrigue ; Translated By Amanda Hopkinson & Sophie Hughes. New Directions Paperbook Original Ndp 1425--spine. The Hole Was Published In Spanish Under The Title El Apando By Ediciones Era. First Published As A New Directions Paperbook 1426 In 2018--title Page Verso.

Who reads The Hole?

Author

Revueltas, José

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811227780

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.63 / 5 (170 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14