by Mario Benedetti · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420431925
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La tregua is a novel by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti, published in 1960. The story narrates the life of Martín Santomé, a widower with three children who, on the eve of his retirement, begins to record his monotonous existence in a diary. His routine is altered by the arrival of Laura Avellaneda, a young employee who awakens unexpected feelings in him. The novel explores themes such as solitude, lack of communication, love, sexuality, and death, all framed in a relevant political and social context.
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.
