Martín Santome, widowed with three children, begins to write his journal shortly prior to his retirement. He portrays his life as very dull and unfulfilling until one day he meets Laura Avellaneda, a new employee under his management.
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La tregua - a simple story told by a master.,
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Written in the form of a diary, Mario Benedetti's La tregua is the honest portrayal of an about to be fifty accountant contemplating retirement. A widower, the protagonist has difficulty communicating with his three grown children. At work, he is merely counting down the days. The appearance of a new female employee in his department changes everything. . . The story takes place in the 1950s, so much of the tension comes from the protagonist's struggle with social conventions. This is one of the best novels I've ever read. If you've seen the movie, which may as well be a telenovela, just ignore it, and read the book.
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La Tregua Mario Benedetti,
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Benedetti describes well the emotional changes in a middle age man. The story transcurre in the 50's, when a man was considered old and almost finish by age 49. La Tregua, the truce, is the last opportunity to love before confronting old age,solitude, and again painfull loss, is that parenthesis some times so brief, we forget to pause and enjoy.
The woman passivity and resignation to the events is very latinamerican and according to the 50's. The inclusion of homoexuality, was very honest and brave, even though triying to explain it in the time of the story might no look politically correct now. A different, beautiful and perhaps depressing love story.
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That was the first book written by Benedetti that I read... After that, I read 2 more books of him. However La tregua is the best one. Reading to Benedetti I have learn about Uruguay, the diary day, some about people, even the way that they speak spanish (that is a little different that others spanish-speakers country). In conclusion this is a very good book, I really liked it.
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