Truce

Name: Truce
Rating: 3.6 (9 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780141396859

by Unknown Author

3.6

(9 ratings)

254 pages2015Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780141396859

Fiction Romance

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About this book

'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.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Published: 2015
Pages: 254
ISBN: 9780141396859

About Unknown Author

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 detenidos desaparecidos de ese país). ---------- Mario Benedetti (Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, September 14, 1920 - Montevideo, ibid., May 17, 2009) was a Uruguayan writer, a member of the Generation of '45, and one of the most renowned in the Spanish language. His prolific literary output of more than eighty books includes short stories, novels, poetry, essays, songs, plays, and film criticism. Some of his books have been translated into more than twenty languages, and he has received numerous awards and recognitions. In his will, he created the Mario Benedetti Foundation to preserve his work and support literature and the fight for human rights in Uruguay (especially the clarification of the whereabouts of the disappeared detainees in that country).