by Mario Benedetti · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420650852
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La tregua is a novel by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti, published in 1960. The story, narrated in the form of a personal diary, tells the life of Martín Santomé, a widowed employee close to retirement. His monotonous existence is altered by the appearance of a young co-worker, with whom he begins a love affair that offers him a truce in his fight against boredom and loneliness. However, this unexpected romance will be cut short by an unexpected twist of fate. The novel explores themes such as routine, loneliness, love, and the search for meaning in everyday life.
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.
