Sabato's El tunel and the Existential Novel
Critics of SÃ¡batosÃ-'ÃtÃonel are agreed (insofar as they address the matter at all) that El tÃonel is an existential novel, but a clear definition of the form and the evidence that fits the book to the genre are not available in the criticism. It is the purpose of the present writing to establish the terms of the "existential" novel and to present the evidence that identifies El tÃonel as an example of that form.