The Truce (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Truce (Penguin Modern Classics)

'Perhaps that moment had been exceptional, but still, I felt alive. That pressure on my chest means being alive.' Forty-nine, with a kind face, no serious ailments (apart from varicose veins on his ankles), a good salary and three moody children, widowed accountant MartÃn SantomÃ© is about to retire. He assumes he'll take up gardening, or the guitar, or whatever retired people do. What he least expects is to fall passionately in love with his shy young employee Laura Avellaneda. As they embark upon an affair, happy and irresponsible, MartÃn begins to feel the weight of his quiet existence lift - until, out of nowhere, their joy is cut short. The intimate, heartbreaking diary of an ordinary man who is reborn when he falls in love one final time, this beloved Latin American novel has been translated into twenty languages and sold millions of copies worldwide, and is now published in Penguin Classics for the first time.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin UK
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780141396859
ReleaseDate 2015-10-14
UnitCount 1
Format International Edition
EANs 9780141396859

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