This Saturday, Camilasbooks brings us a rather peculiar recommendation, since this is a novel that, like many others, captivated her and stayed in her heart when she read it; Well, despite the years, it has not ceased to amaze him. We talk about ?The Truce? by the Uruguayan writer and poet Mario Benedetti.
This story, which is told through diary entries, tells the story of MartÃn Santomé, a widowed man with three grown children, and whose life has become routine, going from home to work and vice versa. But in this lonely life, we know a little more about the protagonist and the changes he experiences while he eagerly counts down to his retirement.
However, one day a woman named Laura Avellaneda appears, who starts working at the place where Santomé is an employee and who generates a resounding change in the protagonist.
And the thing is, Santomé's life, which until then had been routine and gray, begins to acquire color 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 narration, since the connection with the protagonist is more intimate.
"They are going to laugh, to fall in love, but they are also going to suffer, and that is what captivates about this novel," says Camilasbooks.
So, you can't miss this week's Camilasbooks recommendation.
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