by Mario Benedetti · Alianza Editorial Sa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420638195
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«Cuentos» is the short story anthology by Mario Benedetti, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (294 pages, in Spanish).
The anthology brings together thirty-five stories, chosen by the author himself, set in urban Montevideo and portraying the lower middle class: civil servants, bank employees and shopkeepers. Benedetti's ironic, sober and precise prose turns these grey lives into a complex portrait of contemporary society.
The book is part of Alianza Editorial's El libro de bolsillo collection, Literature section, number 899.
The volume is suitable for readers of short fiction and for those who want to discover Mario Benedetti's short stories.
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.
