Synopses & Reviews
Primavera con una esquina rota is a painfully direct testimony of a nation split by repression and authoritarianism. It is also an attempt to bridge two regionsthe Uruguay under the thumb of dictatorship and the Uruguay in exilethat constitute a single and wounded country Going beyond the mere political events, the novel centers on the profound turmoil these cause in the relationships among the individuals that are a victim to them. As is the case with the rest of his work, Mario Benedetti combines tenderness, denunciation, passion, love, and history, to transmit a message of hope: spring, although mutilated, will finally reveal a winter heralded as never-ending.