A Brief Life
of Juan Carlos Onetti, Hortense Carpentier (Translator)
Description
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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 300 pages
- Publisher Serpent's Tail
- Publication Date February 15th 1993
- First Publication 11/06/50
- Language English
- ISBN 9781852423018
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario []
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