Mario Benedetti es una de las grandes figuras de la literatura en lengua hispana. La Tregua es una de sus obras más señeras. Brillante narrador y poeta, el autor dibuja con trazos finos la figura de un hombre inmerso en su ciudad y su vida, guiando al lector en un proceso de identificación tan intenso que la vida del protagonista se pega en la piel y la sensibilidad. Una novela que constituye una verdadera obra maestra, en la que el clima, los

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"The story is set in Uruguay, it starts in a Montevideo prison where Diego waits for his lawyer, the slick Dr Antinucci, always raybanned, chain-smoking, never frisked by the prison guards. Diego, betrayed by his partner in crime, was arrested for kidnapping a businessman. But charges will not be pressed. The businessman and his wife have described Diego as duped by his partner, certainly no master criminal, so he will be let out. But Antonucci has...