A Brief Life (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Carlos Onetti
- First Published: 1950
- Type of Plot: Psychological novel
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: Buenos Aires and Santa María
- Principal Characters: Juan María Brausen, Juan María Arce, Dr. Díaz Grey, Gertrudis, Queca, Elena Salas
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, Alienation, Antiheroes, Imagination, Argentina or Argentineans
- Locales: Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
A Brief Life presents the inner conflict of a man who, after suffering a traumatizing experience, feels lost and seeks an identity. He splits into two selves, and, at the same time, he finds refuge in his own fantasy.
Juan María Brausen is about to be fired from his job. His wife, Gertrudis, has undergone surgery on her left breast, and her scarred body is so repulsive to him that it has become an obsession. He begins to realize that he is not the same person he thought he was and suffers a crisis of identity: “I understood that I had been aware for...
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