Quote by Amparo Dávila: “What is madness but another way of seeing, a mirror distorting a common reality?”

This quote questions the conventional definition of madness, suggesting it's not a complete break from reality but rather a different, perhaps skewed, perception of it. It implies that the line between sanity and insanity is often blurred, and both exist within a shared human experience.

In the mid-century, psychological exploration was prevalent in literature, and Dávila often used elements of the fantastic to explore states of mind and the subjective nature of reality, challenging societal norms.

Mexican writer of short fiction, considered a master of Gothic and fantastic literature in the Spanish-language tradition. Her stories, collected in volumes including Tiempo destrozado published in 1959, explore psychological terror, entrapment, and the uncanny in ways that influenced a generation of Latin American writers.