Let the Wind Speak - Softcover

Onetti, Juan Carlos

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ISBN 10: 1852429798 ISBN 13: 9781852429799

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2008

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“The Graham Greene of Uruguay . . . foreshadowing the work of Beckett and Camus.”—The Sunday Telegraph

Medina lives across the river from Santa Maria, a town he is not allowed to enter and therefore wishes to destroy. Let the Wind Speak sees Juan Carlos Onetti coming to terms with his exclusion from the Santa Marias of his childhood, his first sexual conquests, his first cigarettes, and his first double whiskeys. A lover’s bitter lament.

Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994) was born in Uruguay. After being imprisoned under the Argentinian military dictatorship, he was exiled to Spain. He was awarded Uruguay’s national literature prize in 1963.

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About the Author:

Acknowledged as one of the great Latin American writers of the twentieth century, Onetti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1909. His novels include The Well, No Man's Life, and his best known work, The Shipyard. He was awarded Uruguay's national literature prize in 1963 and Spain's Cervantes Prize in 1980.

Review:

Latin American literature has few secrets to divulge to the English-speaking world; but one of them is the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti * Guardian * The Graham Greene of Uruguay... foreshadowing the work of Beckett and Camus * London Review of Books * A rare chance to catch up with the neglected Uruguan novelist * Metro * Onetti's world is sick and his hero sick of it, but his compelling, messy existentialism makes Let the Wind Speak a deceptively modern novel, and its reissue a cause for celebration * Observer * A perplexing but inspiring writer * Guardian *

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