A Brief Life - Softcover

Onetti, Juan Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185242978X ISBN 13: 9781852429782

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1950, this is a brilliant novel by one of the greats of Latin American literature ";Onetti's novels ar ethe corner stones of our modernity.";€”Carlos Fuentes ";The Graham Greene of Uruguay...foreshadowing the work of Beckett and Camus.";€”Sunday Telegraph ";When you see that someone can write so well, it makes you want to believe that things can't be so bad in this world.";€”Mario Vargas Llosa ";Latin American literature has few secrets to divulge to the English-speaking world; but one of them is the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti.";€”The Guardian (UK) In A Brief Life, Juan Carlos Onetti's protagonist, Brausen, is caring for his wife after a long illness. To compensate for the physical void which temporarily stalls their caresses, Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbors, a husband and wife, imagining their gestur

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 185242978X
• ISBN 13: 9781852429782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304