AN ALMOST (ALREADY) FORGOTTEN BOOK? MARTEL, NO MARVEL!…

THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF PORTUGAL BY YANN MARTEL, 2016

Abstract

In Martel's non-conformist novel, there is a lot of anti-dogmatic philosophy on Agatha Christie’s books ("Gospels of the «absence», the good sister of Oblivion!), closely related to... the true assassins of Jesus Christ! In fact, it is about the speech... of a ghost (or a projection in the mind of a forensic pathologist who had to carry out the autopsy of his own wife!), as you will surprisingly find out, because Yann Martel is full of surprises and provokes the one who comments on it not to reveal it, otherwise it would be like telling a movie to someone just before it starts...