This novel by Argentine writer Roberto Arlt immerses the reader in the world of contradictions and social conflicts prevalent in Buenos Aires during the first half of the twentieth century. The protagonist, a young woman nicknamed “La Zurda,” confronts a corrupt system where she must find her place, balancing internal struggle with the harsh reality of life in poverty. Arlt masterfully conveys the labyrinthine atmosphere of the human soul through the prism of alienation and the fight for survival, revealing aspects of human nature under conditions of social injustice.