End of a Struggle, by Amparo Dávila (full story) AUDIOBOOK| AUDIOBOOK Identity and Madness
Update: 2025-11-05
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🔴 While buying a newspaper on the street, Durán—a married, middle-aged man—spots a man identical to himself, walking alongside a mysterious blonde woman. Shocked, he decides to follow them to uncover who this man is and why he looks exactly the same. During the confrontation, only one of the two will walk away free... 👀
Listen to this gripping tale by the great Mexican writer Amparo Dávila, and discover the ending of this short yet intense and challenging story!
In this narrative, Dávila uses the theme of the “double” as a symbol to explore a deeply psychological reflection on identity, otherness, the inner fears of the human being, their pain, frustrations, obsessions, and rejections—as well as the internal violence and the cost of confronting and affirming oneself.
📖 In this story, the protagonist’s “struggle” (Durán) is not only physical but symbolic: it represents a confrontation with his own conscience, his past frustrations, and the impossibility of escaping himself.
As in many of her stories, the author blends the fantastic with the psychological, leaving the reader uncertain whether the double truly exists or is merely a projection of the protagonist’s disturbed mind. Thus, she delves into psychological horror and the loss of reason, where the fantastic blurs with the altered psyche.
Conviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/libroteca--6367145/support.
Listen to this gripping tale by the great Mexican writer Amparo Dávila, and discover the ending of this short yet intense and challenging story!
In this narrative, Dávila uses the theme of the “double” as a symbol to explore a deeply psychological reflection on identity, otherness, the inner fears of the human being, their pain, frustrations, obsessions, and rejections—as well as the internal violence and the cost of confronting and affirming oneself.
📖 In this story, the protagonist’s “struggle” (Durán) is not only physical but symbolic: it represents a confrontation with his own conscience, his past frustrations, and the impossibility of escaping himself.
As in many of her stories, the author blends the fantastic with the psychological, leaving the reader uncertain whether the double truly exists or is merely a projection of the protagonist’s disturbed mind. Thus, she delves into psychological horror and the loss of reason, where the fantastic blurs with the altered psyche.
Conviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/libroteca--6367145/support.
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