Juan Carlos Onetti's A Brief Life (1950) | Book Review and Analysis

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A reflection on Juan Carlos Onetti's A Brief Life (La vida breve), considered by many to be his most important novel. English translation by Hortense Carpentier published by Grossman in 1976. When sampling the English version, I consulted the edition published by Serpent's Tail in 1993.
An overview of Onetti's works:
• The Works of Juan Carl...
My thoughts on Onetti's short stories (with a "Top 5"):
• Juan Carlos Onetti's S...
An analysis of Onetti's short story "Un sueño realizado" (in Spanish):
• "Un sueño realizado" (...
Contents:
00:00 - Epigraph
00:20 - Intro
01:11 - About the novel
02:23 - Why is A Brief Life so important?
03:25 - Plot
05:21 - Multiple narrative levels
06:56 - Style
09:40 - Potential issues
11:40 - Bottom line, and Mario Vargas Llosa on A Brief Life
Works Cited:
Millington, Mark. "No Woman's Land: The Representation of Woman in Onetti." Modern Language Notes 102 (March, 1987): 358-377.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. El viaje a la ficción: el mundo de Juan Carlos Onetti. 2008.

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4 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 10

@Gorditos_club 11 дней назад

'La vida breve' is my favourite Latin American novel of the last century. Thank you for bringing us this video.

@JorgesCorner 10 дней назад

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! 😃 This novel blew my mind many years ago when I first read it. It really is a masterpiece of Latin American literature, and Onetti deserves so much more attention. Have a fantastic day!

@ubik2388 11 дней назад

Nice review. Your videos keep my TBR list growing.

@JorgesCorner 10 дней назад

Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 Please let me know your thoughts on this one. Few novels have had the impact A Brief Life had on me. Have an excellent day, and happy reading!

@arnoldisaac 11 дней назад

❤

@JorgesCorner 10 дней назад

Thank you so much for watching, Arnold! 😃 Have a wonderful day, my friend!

@the3rdpillblog934 11 дней назад

OOonetttiiiii. 🙂

@JorgesCorner 10 дней назад

I just don't get tired of this amazing author. 😃 You should read him again soon, my friend! Have a wonderful day, and talk to you soon!

@leandrocaniglia582 10 дней назад

Clearly, you enjoyed this novel. Not having read Onetti myself, I'm curious to know if it is fair to infer that _A Brief Life_ elicited in you some unexpected insight, lesson, or viewpoint that wouldn't have come to mind otherwise. If so, what was it?

@JorgesCorner 10 дней назад

Hello Leandro! 😃 What A Brief Life did for me, primarily, was to show me how "reality" and "fiction" (and "fantasy," of course) could be blended beautifully with complete disregard for so-called "realism." I love the artistic freedom he displays in this work. Thank you so much for stopping by, my friend! Have an excellent day!