A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti, Hortense Carpentier

300 pages first pub 1950 (editions)

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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 husban...

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