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La vida breve

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Vida breve, La
Type
Novel
Language
Spanish
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La Vida Breve (literally The Brief Life; published in English as A Brief Life) is a 1950 novel by Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. The novel takes place in Buenos Aires and in the mythical town of Santa Maria - a fictional town "between a river and a colony of Swiss workers", which first appears in this novel, but is also the main setting for many of Onetti's later novels. The plot follows Juan María Brausen, the "founder" of Santa Maria, and Diaz Grey, a countryside doctor and Brausen's fictional character.

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First published: 1950

Last modified: 2021-06-18 (revision #66190)

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LibraryThing Work
379536
Wikidata Work ID
Q1277248

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