A Brief Life - Brossura

Onetti, Juan Carlos

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1852423013 ISBN 13: 9781852423018

Casa editrice: Serpents Tail, 1993

Riassunto

An advertising copywriter in his forties seeks release from his physical, real life into an imaginary one inhabited by fictional characters. " Latin American literature has few great secrets still to divulge to the English-speaking world; but one of them is the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti."--Guardian (UK)

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Recensione:

Latin American literature has few secrets to divulge to the English-speaking world; but one of them is the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti? Gerald Martin, Guardian 'Is The Shipyard a one-off masterpiece? I hope that having reconstituted it for English readers, the translator and publisher will decide to take the rust off the rest of Onetti's works (John Spurling Spectator)

L'autore:

Acknowledged as one of the great Latin American writers of the twentieth century, Juan Carlos Onetti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1909. For many years he worked as a journalist in Buenos Aires. His novels include The Well, No Man's Life, and his best known work, The Shipyard. He was awarded Uruguay's national literature prize in 1963 and Spain's prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1980. He lived in Madrid until his death in 1994.

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• Editore: Serpents Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1852423013
• ISBN 13: 9781852423018
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292