Name: Juntacadaveres (in Spanish)
SKU: 50671175
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Author: Juan Carlos Onetti
ISBN: 9786073171717

Type

Physical Book

Author

Juan Carlos Onetti

Publisher

Debolsillo

Year

2018

Language

Spanish

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9786073171717

Edited in

México

Synopsis "Juntacadaveres (in Spanish)"

Larsen, conocido como Juntacadáveres, llega a Santa María con Irene, Nelly y María Bonita, tres prostitutas entradas en años con las que monta un burdel. No se trata de un lugar cualquiera, dedicado al simple desahogo sexual, o al menos eso es lo que pretende Larsen. Allí, gracias al saber hacer de las viejas meretrices, los hombres conocerán el paraíso y alcanzarán la felicidad.
Esta excéntrica empresa se topa con la oposición implacable de las gentes de bien, como el padre Bergner, cuyos sermones incendiarán los ánimos de los parroquianos.

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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