Overview
Un viaje apasionante por la vida y la trayectoria literaria de un autor fundamental
Mario Benedetti es uno de los escritores contemporáneos en español más conocidos y queridos. Narrador, dramaturgo, crítico literario, consiguió, sobre todo con sus relatos y sus poemas, convertirse en uno de los autores más leídos a ambos lados del océano por varias generaciones. Sus versos se comparten, se leen, se recuerdan, se cantan...
Hoy, cuando celebramos el centenario de su nacimiento, la edición revisada y actualizada de esta biografía esencial nos contagia el entusiasmo de Benedetti y su lúcido pesimismo, su coraje y su compromiso, su constancia y su honestidad. Hortensia Campanella nos enseña la completa dimensión del hombre que está detrás de una obra literaria sin igual.
Un mito discretísimo ilumina todas las aristas de este escritor humilde, al que le gustaba estar alejado de homenajes y fastos pero que nos ha legado una obra universal como pocas. En palabras de la autora, «la vida y la obra de Mario Benedetti conservan una armonía especial que recae como un influjo, como una fuerza, como un regalo, sobre los lectores».
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF MARIO BENEDETTI
A passionate journey through the life and literary path of an essential author
Mario Benedetti is one of the best-known and best-loved contemporary writers in Spanish. Narrator, playwright, literary critic, he managed, especially with his stories and poems, to become one of the most widely read authors on both sides of the ocean for many generations. His verses are shared, read, remembered, sung...
Today, as we celebrate the centenary of his birth, the revised and updated edition of this essential biography infects us with Benedetti's enthusiasm and lucid pessimism, his courage and commitment, his perseverance and honesty. Hortensia Campanella shows us the full dimension of the man behind a unique literary work.
A Very Discreet Myth illuminates all the edges of this humble writer, who shied from tributes and glory but who has left us a universal work like few others. In the words of the author, ‘the life and work of Mario Benedetti preserve a special harmony that becomes an influence, a force, a gift, for readers.’”
This book title, Benedetti. Un mito discretísimo / A Very Discreet Myth: Mario Benedetti's Biogra phy, ISBN: 9788420454313, by Hortensia Campanella, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (December 22, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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