Name: Cuentos Completos (in Spanish)
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Author: Juan Carlos Onetti
ISBN: 9786073149372

Type

Physical Book

Author

Juan Carlos Onetti

Publisher

Debolsillo

Topic

Narrativa internacional

Year

2016

Language

Spanish

Pages

392

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9786073149372

Edited in

México

Edition No.

2016

Synopsis "Cuentos Completos (in Spanish)"

La compilación de la narrativa breve de Juan Carlos Onetti supone una oportunidad única para atender a la producción más sucinta del que muchos, entre los que se cuentan García Márquez y Vargas Llosa, consideran el renovador de la novela hispanoamericana.

Desde los tempranos acercamientos a la soledad hasta el insoportable peso de la culpa; desde la crueldad inherente a la naturaleza del hombre hasta la triste ternura de las relaciones humanas; desde los pulsos más íntimos de la sexualidad hasta la certeza de un inevitable fracaso que es el de todos: la de Onetti es una obra compleja que rezuma alcohol, tabaco, trajes negros, corbatas mal anudadas y sábanas sucias. Acercarse a sus relatos es acercarse a un mundo cargado de un pesimismo inexorable y, sin embargo, incandescentemente hermoso.

Juan Carlos Onetti

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Juan Carlos Onetti was one of the greatest Uruguayan writers and journalists. After growing up in an environment where he did not finish high school and had to work in various jobs, Onetti traveled to Buenos Aires in 1930, upon marrying his first wife. Once in Argentina, he began to publish film reviews and collaborate in magazines.

After his divorce, Onetti returns to Uruguay, although he travels regularly to Argentina, where he maintains good relations. During these years, Onetti never stops writing despite not finding facilities to publish. In 1936, he unsuccessfully tried to enlist in the International Brigades to participate in the Spanish Civil War.

From 1939, he began working for the Marcha magazine and published his first book, El pozo (1939). In 1941, he joined the Reuters Agency and in 1950 published La vida breve, considered his best novel, a foundational book of Santa María.

In 1975, he decided to settle in Madrid, distancing himself from the military dictatorship established in Uruguay. He continues writing and in 1980 is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. That same year, he receives the highest accolade in Hispanic letters: the Cervantes Prize. He also garnered other awards, such as the National Literature Prize of Uruguay or the Narrative Criticism Prize.

In 1993, his last novel was published: Cuando ya no importe, in which he closes the universe created around Santa María.

Onetti died in Madrid in 1994.

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