by Juan Carlos Onetti · Editorial Argos Ver · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470176784
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La vida breve is a novel by the Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti, published in 1950. The plot follows Juan María Brausen, a publicist who, frustrated with his life, invents an alternate identity as a doctor and pimp in an imaginary world called Santa María. Through this double life, Brausen explores his desires and fantasies, immersing himself in a labyrinth of identities and confusing realities. The novel is considered a key work of the Latin American boom and explores themes such as identity, alienation and the search for meaning in life.
Juan Carlos Onetti Borges was a Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories.
