A Brief Life
A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti is a notable work of fiction published by Serpent’s Tail in 2008. This edition spans 292 pages and is presented in English. The novel, first released in 1950, explores the life of its protagonist, Brausen, who is devotedly caring for his wife during her prolonged illness. To cope with the emotional and physical distance that illness creates, Brausen engages in eavesdropping on his neighbors, imagining their lives and interactions as a means of escape.
Readers will find that A Brief Life delves into themes of identity and the desire for connection, as Brausen navigates between reality and fantasy in search of relief from his circumstances. The narrative reflects Onetti’s literary prowess and his significant contribution to Latin American literature. This edition invites readers to engage with the complexities of human experience and the longing for a deeper understanding of life.
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First published in 1950, this is a brilliant novel by one of the greats of Latin American literature
Onetti’s novels ar ethe corner stones of our modernity. Carlos Fuentes
The Graham Greene of Uruguay…foreshadowing the work of Beckett and Camus. “Sunday Telegraph”
When you see that someone can write so well, it makes you want to believe that things can’t be so bad in this world. Mario Vargas Llosa
Latin American literature has few secrets to divulge to the English-speaking world; but one of them is the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. “The Guardian” (UK)
In A Brief Life, Juan Carlos Onetti’s protagonist, Brausen, is caring for his wife after a long illness. To compensate for the physical void which temporarily stalls their caresses, Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbors, a husband and wife, imagining their gestures and their expressions.
But he not only wishes to imagine himself as someone else, he also seeks release from the world he knows. He leads many lives, some real and some fantastic, in order to experience a moment of psychic weightlessness a brief life.
Juan Carlos Onetti is acknowledged as one of the great Latin American writers of the twentieth century. His best-known work is “The Shipyard.” He died in 1994.”
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