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"A wise, lonely novel . . . [and an] honest reflection of exile."
--The New Yorker In the tradition of Roberto Bolano's Savage
Detectives, a celebrated classic and heart-wrenching story of a
family torn apart by the forces of history, by one of Latin
America's most celebrated writers The late Mario Benedetti's work
was often ranked with "such esteemed Latin American writers as
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortazar" (The
Washington Post) and his novel The Truce has sold millions of
copies around the world. His extraordinary novel Springtime in a
Broken Mirror revolves around Santiago, a political prisoner in
Uruguay, who was jailed after a brutal military coup that saw many
of his comrades flee elsewhere. Santiago, feeling trapped, can do
nothing but write letters to his family and try to stay sane. Far
away, his nine-year-old daughter Beatrice wonders at the marvels of
Buenos Aires, but her grandpa and mother--Santiago's beautiful,
careworn wife, Graciela--struggle to adjust to a life in exile.
Published now for the first time in English, Springtime in a Broken
Mirror tells with tenderness and fury of the indelible imprint
politics leaves on individual lives. Generous and unflinching, it
asks whether the broken bonds of family and history can ever truly
be mended. Written by one of the masters of the Latin American
novel, this is the story of a fractured continent, chronicled
through the lives of a single family.
'Perhaps that moment had been exceptional, but still, I felt alive.
That pressure on my chest means being alive.' Forty-nine, with a
kind face, no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his
ankles), a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant
Martin Santome is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up
gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he
least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young
employee Laura Avellaneda. As they embark upon an affair, happy and
irresponsible, Martin begins to feel the weight of his quiet
existence lift - until, out of nowhere, their joy is cut short. The
intimate, heartbreaking diary of an ordinary man who is reborn when
he falls in love one final time, this beloved Latin American novel
has been translated into twenty languages and sold millions of
copies worldwide, and is now published in Penguin Classics for the
first time.
An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great
masters of the Latin American novel 'Having news from you is like
opening a window' Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in
Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but
write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away in a
different country, his father tries to adjust to life in exile, his
nine-year-old daughter marvels at the big city, and his beautiful,
careworn wife finds herself irresistibly drawn to another man, as
day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. Told with tenderness
and fury through the voices of a family torn apart by history,
Springtime in a Broken Mirror asks whether shattered lives can ever
truly be mended. 'A masterful novel ... a remarkable collage of
unique perspectives - or shards from that eponymous broken mirror'
The National
Contenido: Trece hombres que miran Los personajes De otros diluvios
Canciones de amor y desamor Eplogos mos
'This novel is a jewel ... one of those books that enters the soul,
which it is impossible not to be conquered by. It is a masterpiece
like few others' Huffington Post Miguel and Alicia fall quietly in
love as teenagers, walking back from school together. When Lucas -
enigmatic, charismatic - arrives, everything changes, and Miguel is
certain he has lost Alicia. Yet, against the odds, she marries him.
Now, eleven years later, their marriage has begun to fray, and
Alicia sets out to see Lucas again. As each member of this strange
love triangle tells their side of what happened, an unforgettable
story of desire, deception and tragic misunderstanding unfolds.
As middle classes in developing countries grow in size and
political power, do they foster stable democracies and prosperous,
innovative economies? Or do they encourage crass materialism,
bureaucratic corruption, unrealistic social demands, and
ideological polarization? These questions have taken on a new
urgency in recent years but they are not new, having first appeared
in the mid twentieth century in debates about Latin America. At a
moment when exploding middle classes in the global South
increasingly capture the world's attention, these Latin American
classics are ripe for revisiting. Part One of the book introduces
key debates from the 1950s and 1960s, when Cold War era scholars
questioned whether or not the middle class would be a force for
democracy and development, to safeguard Latin America against the
perceived challenge of Revolutionary Cuba. While historian John J.
Johnson placed tentative faith in the positive transformative power
of the "middle sectors," others were skeptical. The striking
disagreements that emerge from these texts lend themselves to
discussion about the definition, character, and complexity of the
middle classes, and about the assumptions that underpinned
twentieth-century modernization theory. Part Two brings together
more recent case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia,
Chile, and Argentina, written by scholars influenced by
contemporary trends in social and cultural history. These authors
highlight issues of language, identity, gender, and the multiple
faces and forms of power. Their studies bring flesh-and-blood Latin
Americans to the forefront, reconstructing the daily lives of
underpaid office workers, harried housewives and striving
professionals, in order to revisit questions that the authors in
Part One tended to approach abstractly. They also pay attention to
changing cultural understandings and political constructions of who
"the middle class" is and what it means to be middle class.
Designed with the classroom and non-specialist reader in mind, the
book has a comprehensive critical introduction, and each selection
is preceded by a short description setting the context and
introducing key themes.
As middle classes in developing countries grow in size and
political power, do they foster stable democracies and prosperous,
innovative economies? Or do they encourage crass materialism,
bureaucratic corruption, unrealistic social demands, and
ideological polarization? These questions have taken on a new
urgency in recent years but they are not new, having first appeared
in the mid twentieth century in debates about Latin America. At a
moment when exploding middle classes in the global South
increasingly capture the world's attention, these Latin American
classics are ripe for revisiting. Part One of the book introduces
key debates from the 1950s and 1960s, when Cold War era scholars
questioned whether or not the middle class would be a force for
democracy and development, to safeguard Latin America against the
perceived challenge of Revolutionary Cuba. While historian John J.
Johnson placed tentative faith in the positive transformative power
of the "middle sectors," others were skeptical. The striking
disagreements that emerge from these texts lend themselves to
discussion about the definition, character, and complexity of the
middle classes, and about the assumptions that underpinned
twentieth-century modernization theory. Part Two brings together
more recent case studies from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia,
Chile, and Argentina, written by scholars influenced by
contemporary trends in social and cultural history. These authors
highlight issues of language, identity, gender, and the multiple
faces and forms of power. Their studies bring flesh-and-blood Latin
Americans to the forefront, reconstructing the daily lives of
underpaid office workers, harried housewives and striving
professionals, in order to revisit questions that the authors in
Part One tended to approach abstractly. They also pay attention to
changing cultural understandings and political constructions of who
"the middle class" is and what it means to be middle class.
Designed with the classroom and non-specialist reader in mind, the
book has a comprehensive critical introduction, and each selection
is preceded by a short description setting the context and
introducing key themes.
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