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Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994)

Autor(a) de The Shipyard

89+ Works 2,446 Membros 55 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

Onetti's subject is the decay and materialism of the modern world, but he presents it in a dense, indirect prose style that creates a world often bordering on nightmare. The narrator of A Brief Life (1950) creates a number of other existences for himself to escape the boredom and limits, symbolized mostrar mais by his wife's mastectomy, of his own. Ultimately, the created worlds take over supposed reality. The Shipyard (1961), generally considered his best novel, demonstrates the central character's inability to control his life in an absurd existence. Onetti's characters never cease trying to create meaning, but they flounder helplessly in a world that is beyond their efforts at control. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Juan Carlos Onetti

The Shipyard (1961) 504 exemplares
A Brief Life (1950) 383 exemplares
Body Snatcher (1991) 267 exemplares
Dejemos hablar al viento (1979) 244 exemplares
Goodbyes and Stories (1953) 137 exemplares
Cuentos completos (1975) 116 exemplares
Past Caring (1993) 99 exemplares
El pozo (1979) 51 exemplares
Para esta noche (1943) 50 exemplares
Para una tumba sin nombre (1959) 50 exemplares
Tierra de nadie (1941) 46 exemplares
Tiempo de abrazar (1974) 27 exemplares
Cuando entonces (1987) 25 exemplares
La novia robada (1991) 22 exemplares
The Pit & Tonight (1991) 18 exemplares
La muerte y la niña (1997) 16 exemplares
De put en andere verhalen (1987) 14 exemplares
Afscheid (2021) 12 exemplares
Confesiones de un lector (1995) 11 exemplares
Pozo, El - Los Adioses (2007) 10 exemplares
Novelas breves (2012) 10 exemplares
De dood en het meisje (2022) 6 exemplares
Cuentos escogidos (2002) 4 exemplares
Demain sera un autre jour (2002) 4 exemplares
PRESENCIA Y OTROS CUENTOS (1986) 4 exemplares
Miscelánea (2013) 3 exemplares
Magda : Roman (1989) 3 exemplares
Últimas novelas (2013) 2 exemplares
Tersane (2015) 2 exemplares
C'est alors que (1987) 2 exemplares
Confesiones desde Santa María (2009) 2 exemplares
Willkommen, Bob (1999) 2 exemplares
Novelas y Relatos (1989) 2 exemplares
Artículos 1975-1992 (2013) 2 exemplares
Artículos 1975-1992 (2013) 2 exemplares
La fiancée volée (1987) 2 exemplares
Cuentos completos (2013) 2 exemplares
Esbjerg, en la costa 1976 (1994) 2 exemplares
Hlbočina 2 exemplares
Ramasse-vioques (1986) 2 exemplares
ONE El astillero 1 exemplar
Cuentos de Santa María (2012) 1 exemplar
Ceset Toplayici (2021) 1 exemplar
Novelas cortas (2009) 1 exemplar
Feelin Rooti 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Eye of the Heart: Short Stories from Latin America (1973) — Contribuidor — 152 exemplares
A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America (1991) — Contribuidor — 147 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories (1997) — Contribuidor — 105 exemplares
The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories (2000) — Contribuidor — 104 exemplares
Bibliothek Suhrkamp. Ein Lesebuch, Klassiker der Moderne (1989) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Повести магов (2002) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

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Een pooier brengt drie meisjes uit de grote stad naar de kustplaats Santa Maria om daar zijn droom van een volmaakt bordeel te realiseren. Het scandaleuze succes van het bordeel leidt tot verdeeldheid onder de inwoners van de std
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Obras
89
Also by
10
Membros
2,446
Popularidade
#10,487
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
55
ISBN
326
Línguas
17
Marcado como favorito
3

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