Jantipa o Del morir

Can philosophy occur at the doors of a gas chamber? Can people with opposing beliefs have a friendly dialogue about the meaning of life and hope beyond death? Ernesto Castro's first novel is an oxygen pump in a pamphleteering world. Five women come together for what could be their last night: hidden in a barracks in Auschwitz, they confront their beliefs about why life is worth living and why to kill. It might seem like one more theoretical debate, but in the concentration camp, life and death are not just concepts.