by Juan José Saer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789507311468
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«Puerto Libre» is the short story collection by Juan José Saer, published in 1996 by Editorial Seix Barral in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
This volume brings together stories by the Argentine author in which memory, identity, and the rootlessness of exile intertwine with urban and rural settings of Argentina. Saer deploys meticulous, contemplative prose, close to introspection, that turns each story into an inquiry into the human condition.
For readers interested in contemporary Argentine narrative and in short stories that explore memory and exile.
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Juan José Saer was a major Argentine writer. For his novel The Event, he won the Premio Nadal in 1987. In 1990, he shared the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Las veredas de Saturno. In 2004, he received a Platinum Konex Award for his 1994–98 work.
