This book consists of a short novel, The Ergastulum and four stories.
In The Ergastulum, the pressures, demands and sufferings of life lead to the suicide of Celia.
An intermediate existence between death and an uncertain future take her to meet a series of characters in the cemetery, who devoid of human feelings, and use each other to reflect over their lives.
The gloomy irony of the author's descriptive language reinforces the absurdity of the circumstances, whilst the deceased wait for someone to get them out of their situation.
The surprise ending gives a glance and confirms the chosen title.
In the stories, despite the difficulties, struggles and sorrows of the journey of life, the protagonists yearn the return to the beginning where everything was possible because their story was not yet written.
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