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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.
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Earnest, spare, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Mario Benedetti
- First published
- 1960
- Pages
- 186
- Publisher
- Editorial Alfa S.A., Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., Aims Intl Books Corp
- Editions
- 59
- Language
- English, German, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9789681912628
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Mario Benedetti (Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, 14 de septiembre de 1920-Montevideo, ibíd., 17 de mayo de 2009) fue un escritor uruguayo, integrante de la Generación del 45, y uno de los más reconocidos en la lengua española. Su prolífica producción literaria de más de ochenta libros incluye cuento, novela, poesía, ensayo, canción, teatro y crítica cinematográfica. Algunos de sus libros fueron traducidos a más de veinte idiomas y le otorgaron numerosos premios y reconocimientos. En su testamento dejó creada la Fundación Mario Benedetti para preservar su obra y apoyar la literatura y la lucha por los derechos humanos en Uruguay (en especial el esclarecimiento del paradero de los dete
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