La tumba (novel)

La tumba (transl. The Grave) is a 1964 novel written in Spanish by Mexican author José Agustín. It is a short novel, originally written as a series of tales ("Tedium") in a literary workshop.

Some people considered the novel controversial because it freely touched (and portrayed) topics like abortion and sex, but the writers' community praised it immensely. Despite the narrator's intellectual tone, the book was a huge editorial success, establishing José Agustín as a respected and profitable writer.

The novel was Agustín's first work. A distinguished writer said at the time that he liked it, but that it was "naively pedantic."