The imagery of the novel is built upon a series of metaphors which in turn refer to philosophical constructs developed in his work: the eye, the egg, the sun, the earth, the testicle.
As imaxes da novela están construídas sobre unha serie de metáforas que fan referencia a conceptos filosóficos desenvolvidos no seu traballo: o ollo, o ovo, o sol, a terra, o testículo.