Let the Wind Speak (Extraordinary Classics)

Juan Carlos Onetti

ISBN 10: 1852421967 / ISBN 13: 9781852421960

Published by Serpent's Tail, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Let the Wind Speak (Extraordinary Classics)

Publisher: Serpent's Tail

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: 25823502

Signed: 5/31/2025 7:37:32 AM

Edition: 1748677052.

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Synopsis:

The archetypal Onetti hero, Medina is at different times of his life a (phoney) doctor, a painter and a police chief. He lives in Lavanda, across the river from Santa Maria, a town he is not allowed to enter and that he, therefore, wishes to destroy. In the end the wind speaks by devouring Santa Maria with its flames. The first novel written in exile in Spain, Let the Wind Speak is Onetti coming to terms with his exclusion from the Santa Marias of his childhood, his first sexual conquests, his first cigarettes, his first double whiskeys. A lover's bitter lament - it ends in the destruction of the object of adoration.

About the Author:

Acknowledged as one of the great Latin American writers of the twentieth century, Juan Carlos Onetti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1909. For many years he worked as a journalist in Buenos Aires. His novels include The Well, No Man's Life, and his best known work, The Shipyard. He was awarded Uruguay's national literature prize in 1963 and Spain's prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1980. He lived in Madrid until his death in 1994.