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Loading... La tregua (1960)by MARIO BENEDETTI
Work InformationThe Truce by Mario Benedetti (1960)
   No current Talk conversations about this book. Probably one of the most honest and human books I've ever read. A simple but powerful masterpiece. (  ) colligan | Sep 20, 2020 |  at first i thought the angry homophobia was a setup for change and acceptance, but it was apparently sincere. so, aside from that and the sexism, it was a thoughtful and interesting read. (the era, 60's, puts it in some context, but I don't think makes it excusable.) its the (fictional) diary of a middle aged uruguayan office worker in the last year before retirement. heavy on introspection with decent writing. (  ) reg_lt | Feb 7, 2020 | Una novela sobre la soledad y la incomunicación, el amor y la sexualidad, la muerte y los problemas políticos. Martín Santomé, viudo con tres hijos, en las vísperas de su jubilación comienza a registrar en un diario su vida gris y sin relieve. La vida cotidiana de la rutina en la oficina y la de un hogar desunido y crispado se verán alteradas cuando irrumpe en su rutina la joven Laura Avellaneda, su nueva empleada. Y este hombre, casi sin proponérselo, decide abrir en su vida un paréntesis luminoso.La tregua se ha traducido a decenas de idiomas y ha sido adaptad al cine, la televisión, el teatro y la radio, pero que sobre todo ha gozado de la excepcional acogida de los lectores de todo el mundo Haijavivi | Jun 6, 2019 | lslasbjcdska vbcdnska PaulinaArellano | Oct 26, 2018 | The description of this book as the diary of a company accountant really doesn't do it justice. It is a year in the life of widower Martin Santome and charts the events of his affair with a woman who is the same age as his daughter. Martin's philosophical musings paint a wonderful picture of a man who occupies the middle ground in almost everything - class, rationality, emotions, interests -but with a small but persistent streak of subversion. As well as the love story we get an absorbing sideways view of 1950s life in Montivideo. It won't give you an adrenalin rush, but it is an absorbing and ultimately delightful read.25 July 2017. ( ) alanca | Jul 28, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
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'Perhaps that moment had been exceptional, but still, I felt alive. That pressure on my chest means being alive.' Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his ankles), a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. As they embark upon an affair, happy and irresponsible, Martin begins to feel the weight of his quiet existence lift - until, out of nowhere, their joy is cut short. The intimate, heartbreaking diary of an ordinary man who is reborn when he falls in love one final time, this beloved Latin American novel has been translated into twenty languages and sold millions of copies worldwide, and is now published in Penguin Classics for the first time. %%%'Perhaps that moment had been exceptional, but still, I felt alive. That pressure on my chest means being alive.' Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his ankles), a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. As they embark upon an affair, happy and irresponsible, Martin begins to feel the weight of his quiet existence lift - until, out of nowhere, their joy is cut short. The intimate, heartbreaking diary of an ordinary man who is reborn when he falls in love one final time, this beloved Latin American novel has been translated into twenty languages and sold millions of copies worldwide, and is now published in Penguin Classics for the first time. No library descriptions found. |
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