Angry Doll
About This Novel
"The Angry Doll" is an autobiographical novel by Robert Alter, the "Argentinian Dostoyevsky" and the pioneer of "evil literary realism" in Latin America. It is also his debut novel. The protagonist Astaire is a teenager who was expelled from school. He tries to escape poverty at all costs, but fails to succeed, so he sinks deeper and deeper into dark pessimism. With such a tragic character and an atmosphere of absurdity and despair, the novel reflects the chaotic situation of Buenos Aires in the early 20th century. The novel was originally titled "Life Like a Pig", but later changed to "Angry Doll". In fact, the original title of the novel reveals the true meaning of the novel, that is, this is a failed, dirty, and disappointing life. The meaning of the new book's title may be that people are dolls played by fate, or it may refer to the protagonist's useless little invention. Some scholars believe that this corresponds to the many "toys" in the poet Baudelaire's poems constantly mentioned in the article, which are intended to change the original entertainment function of toys. The toys generate anger and rebellion against the makers of the toys, implying anger towards the industrial world in the early stage of modernization, because it eliminated the dreams of workers.
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