This Saturday, Camilasbooks brings us a rather peculiar recommendation, because this is a novel that, like many others, captivated her and stayed in her heart after reading it; because, despite the years, it has not ceased to amaze her. We are talking about “La Tregua” (The Truce) by the Uruguayan writer and poet Mario Benedetti.
This story, told through diary entries, tells the tale of Martín Santomé, a widower with three grown children, whose life has become routine, going from home to work and vice versa. But in this lonely life, we learn a little more about the protagonist and the changes he experiences as he anxiously counts down to his retirement.
However, one day a woman named Laura Avellaneda appears, who begins to work at the place where Santomé is employed and who generates a radical change in the protagonist.
And Santomé's life, which until then had been routine and grey, begins to acquire colour with Laura Avellaneda, leading him to passions and freedoms that take him out of his monotony.
Through Benedetti's pen, which is so poetic, we can embark on a story of passions, sadness, loneliness and reflections, leading us to experience many intense emotions.
Diary entries, says Camilasbooks, are a special form of storytelling, as the connection with the protagonist is more intimate.
“You will laugh, you will fall in love, but you will also suffer, and that is what captivates you about this novel,” says Camilasbooks.
So, don't miss Camilasbooks' recommendation this week.
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