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Las pequenas memorias (Biblioteca) (Spanish Edition)

JosÃ© Saramago

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This Nobel Prize winner s latest work takes the reader to his childhood: some parts in Azhinaga, the town where he was born, and other parts in Lisbon where he left to when he was two. With the poetic prose that characterizes him, and without resentments, even though it is full of hardships, Saramago narrates about the misery in which his family li...more

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Inventario I (Spanish Edition)

Mario Benedetti

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Love, struggle, work, and death are all motives of poetry for Benedetti. This poet transforms himself as our own voice where the lover, the revolutionary and the executive are characterized in him, uniting with the ritual of celebrating life. This book unites his poetry written between 1950 and 1985. Blurb in Spanish: Amar, luchar, trabajar,...more

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All Editions	La Tregua Benedetti (2 reviews ) Description Martín Santome, widowed with three children, begins to write his journal shortly prior to his retirement. He portrays his life as very dull and unfulfilling until one day he meets Laura Avellaneda, a new employee under his management. A reader's rating
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Gracias por el fuego (Punto de Lectura) (Spanish Edition)

Mario Benedetti

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In this novel, reality hits hard. Someone must die to atone for accumulated guilt and this someone is the father. Rather than being representative of nobility, kindness and respect, he is all the opposite. Blurb in Spanish: Esta es una historia de ignominia y muerte donde se exploran la fortaleza y la debilidad ocultas en el hombre, expresada...more

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El amor, las mujeres y la vida (Spanish Edition)

Mario Benedetti

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This book brings together a collection of the most celebrated poems by Mario Benedetti, a poet who has achieved what only a handful of others have accomplished-an unbreakable bond and a source of inspiration for its readers. For all those who remember these works, many have become part of their life memories-whispered on a loved one's ear, quoted w...more

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All Editions	La Tregua/Truce (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition) Mario Benedetti (61 reviews ) A reader's rating
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Cuentos Completos, Benedetti/ Complete Works, Benedetti (Alfaguara Cuentos Completos) (Spanish Edition)

Mario Benedetti

(11 reviews )

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Autor de novelas, relatos, poesia, teatro y critica literaria, en este volumen Benedetti nos ofrece un compendio de cuentos escritos entre 1947 y 1994. Radicalmente uruguaya y montevideana, su obra es vista no solo como la historia intima de su patria, sino como la gran cronica interior de todo lo que ha pasado en Hispanoamerica durante los cincuen...more

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Read Online All Editions	Metamorphosis (Bantam Classics) Franz Kafka (537 reviews ) A reader's rating Popular Tags: classic fiction classic fiction
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