The Angel's Game
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The Cemetery Of Forgotten Books David Martin explanation
Matheus
Mar 01, 2015 07:43AM
After reading Zafon's trilogy I had a lot of doubts about David Martin's story. After some intense thinking I came to some thoughts which I wanted to share with you. Do you agree, disagree or have anything to add?
***Warning: Spoilers about The Angel's Game, The Shadow Of The Wind and The Prisoner Of Heaven
I've just read all the books, following the order in which they were released. And I came to some conclusions which I'm pretty sure are correct.
David did have some kind of mental illness, and not everything in The Angel's Game is real. However, he couldn't have just made it all up, because Isabella did marry Mr. Sempere, his books did exist and the people killed in his story did die. Now, the confusing part is: How crazy was he? What was real and what wasn't?
When Inspector Grande told David that he had always worn the pin I was sure Corelli didn't exist. But then I started to think about it a little more. Firstly: The inspector wanted David arrested, so he could've just lied to him after hearing his story to see wether he would incriminate himself. Secondly: Marlasca existed, lived in the same house as David, was killed and his book existed and was in the Cemetery, so he was also requested to create a religion. That can mean they were either having the exact same hallucinations, which isn't quite likely, or weren't having hallucinations whatsoever. Also, Fermín tells Daniel that when David was going to be killed, "something" was there and rescued him. I honestly couldn't think about anyone who would be able to do such a thing but Corelli. So being an angel, the devil, or whatever he might be, I think Andreas Corelli exists somehow.
Another key point is David's arrestment. In The Prisoner Of Heaven, David is in prison as he writes The Angel's Game and when he discovers Isabella's death. While in The Angel's Game, he had escaped and lived in a house on the beach. At first I had thought that he went completely crazy after being arrested and in his mind, he really were in that house. But one thing kept coming up on my head: "But what about Dr. Sanahuja?", he was Cristina's doctor when she was in the hospice and was also in prison with David. So that didn't fit in my theory, until I realized this: He wrote the story in prison, so, since I don't see any reason to doubt David's story about Cristina's death, I think he could've simply changed the name of the real doctor for Sanahuja's, as in his time in jail, he was the only doctor close. And about the divergency between David's side of where he ended up being and the true place he was, my explanation is: He left the book to Daniel, and didn't want him to know, or he himself didn't want to acknowledge, the real condition he was, so he intentionally change the ending of his story.
So, thesis statement, David was schizophrenic, but Corelli did exist in someway. And David wasn't that insane after all.
Well, that's my opinion of course, I personally think that it will be all, or at least almost all, explained in the next book, which by the way, does anyone know when it's going to be released?
***Warning: Spoilers about The Angel's Game, The Shadow Of The Wind and The Prisoner Of Heaven
I've just read all the books, following the order in which they were released. And I came to some conclusions which I'm pretty sure are correct.
David did have some kind of mental illness, and not everything in The Angel's Game is real. However, he couldn't have just made it all up, because Isabella did marry Mr. Sempere, his books did exist and the people killed in his story did die. Now, the confusing part is: How crazy was he? What was real and what wasn't?
When Inspector Grande told David that he had always worn the pin I was sure Corelli didn't exist. But then I started to think about it a little more. Firstly: The inspector wanted David arrested, so he could've just lied to him after hearing his story to see wether he would incriminate himself. Secondly: Marlasca existed, lived in the same house as David, was killed and his book existed and was in the Cemetery, so he was also requested to create a religion. That can mean they were either having the exact same hallucinations, which isn't quite likely, or weren't having hallucinations whatsoever. Also, Fermín tells Daniel that when David was going to be killed, "something" was there and rescued him. I honestly couldn't think about anyone who would be able to do such a thing but Corelli. So being an angel, the devil, or whatever he might be, I think Andreas Corelli exists somehow.
Another key point is David's arrestment. In The Prisoner Of Heaven, David is in prison as he writes The Angel's Game and when he discovers Isabella's death. While in The Angel's Game, he had escaped and lived in a house on the beach. At first I had thought that he went completely crazy after being arrested and in his mind, he really were in that house. But one thing kept coming up on my head: "But what about Dr. Sanahuja?", he was Cristina's doctor when she was in the hospice and was also in prison with David. So that didn't fit in my theory, until I realized this: He wrote the story in prison, so, since I don't see any reason to doubt David's story about Cristina's death, I think he could've simply changed the name of the real doctor for Sanahuja's, as in his time in jail, he was the only doctor close. And about the divergency between David's side of where he ended up being and the true place he was, my explanation is: He left the book to Daniel, and didn't want him to know, or he himself didn't want to acknowledge, the real condition he was, so he intentionally change the ending of his story.
So, thesis statement, David was schizophrenic, but Corelli did exist in someway. And David wasn't that insane after all.
Well, that's my opinion of course, I personally think that it will be all, or at least almost all, explained in the next book, which by the way, does anyone know when it's going to be released?
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I think Corelli and David Martin might be the same person.In The Angel's Game Martin says that Corelli use to love sugar cubes.When Fermin tells Daniel about his time in prison, he remembers that Martin loved sugar cubes.I know that doesn't explain all the questions,but I think Davids illness made him unable to tell reality from imagination.
Interesting theory, but wait a sec, I have just finished The Angel's Game and I don't think Cristina ever had a doctor called Dr. Sanahuja. In the sanatorium, the doctor is Dr. Sanjuan. Am I mistaken? There is another doctor I forgot?
Also, actually Sanahuja is the surname of Irene Sabino, whose real name is Maria Antonia Sanahuja.
Also, actually Sanahuja is the surname of Irene Sabino, whose real name is Maria Antonia Sanahuja.
I’ve just reread the angels game after rereading prisoner of heaven and pretty much came to the same conclusions. It was good reading that review as I wasn’t sure if I had misread things myself but that was how I interpreted it too
However I am hoping the final book ties up a few of the loose ends as I believe leaving things open to interptetation of the reader is a bit of a cop out.
However I am hoping the final book ties up a few of the loose ends as I believe leaving things open to interptetation of the reader is a bit of a cop out.
If you agreed to write a demon a new religion, wouldn't that make you just a little crazy? There is so much going on here. One of the tropes in all three narratives is the role that ego plays in aspiring to write greatly. Who dares to fly so close to the sun? Isn't there a touch of madness in all true genius--whether that genius is hard won by "wrestling the angel" or by dint of one's hard work. Here is a dialogue every writer has with themselves.
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