by Mario Benedetti · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420427904
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«La muerte y otras sorpresas» is a collection of short stories by Mario Benedetti, published by Alfaguara in paperback (155 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together a series of short stories in which Benedetti examines the habits, values, quirks and dreams of the middle class; from recognisable situations, the author turns the everyday into narrative material and shows the contradictions and humanity of his characters.
It belongs to the Alfaguara Bolsillo collection. The work originally appeared in 1968.
Suitable for young and adult readers interested in the Latin American short story and in the literature of Mario Benedetti.
Mario Benedetti Farrugia, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.
