by Mario Benedetti · Alianza · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420666884
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La tregua is a novel by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti, published in 1960. The story narrates the life of Martín Santomé, a 49-year-old widower with three children, who falls in love with a young co-worker, Laura Avellaneda. Through Santomé's diary, Benedetti explores themes such as routine, loneliness, love, and the search for happiness in everyday life. The novel offers a reflection on the possibility of finding a truce in the monotony of existence through human relationships.
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.
