Name: El Astillero (in Spanish)
SKU: 48298934
Price: 602.00 ZAR
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Author: Juan Carlos Onetti
ISBN: 9789877121193

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Physical Book

Author

Juan Carlos Onetti

Publisher

Eterna Cadencia

Synopsis "El Astillero (in Spanish)"

Larsen regresa a la ciudad de Santa María y se emplea en el astillero de Petrus al tiempo que comienza a cortejar a la hija de éste, con el único propósito de encontrarle un sentido a su vida. Pronto la farsa se hace evidente, el astillero está en quiebra, es un espacio en ruinas y él es solo un difunto sin sepe, a quien fuera de esa farsa que aceptó como trabajo no le queda más que el frío del invierno, la vejez, el no tener dónde ir, la posibilidad de la muerte. Pero una cosa es jugar solo su propio juego y otra es que los demás lo acompañen, entonces el juego es lo serio, se transforma en lo real y aceptarlo es aceptar la locura.

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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