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La tregua

Mario Benedetti

1985171 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1985
first published
  • 1985Alianza · 171 pagesISBN 9788420638218
  • 2010AlfaguaraISBN 9788420422671
  • 2010EbookspagatagoniaISBN 9789568992118
  • 2015Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780141396866
  • 1996Nueva Imagen · 182 pagesISBN 9789683901996
  • 2006Editorial Seix BarralISBN 9789875800953
  • 2007AlfaguaraISBN 9788560281046
  • 2009Alfaguara · 216 pagesISBN 9788420431925

'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.

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