Spring in a Broken Mirror - Mario Benedetti

Between prisons, oppression, exile, and arenas of struggle in a continent that buys with blood its right to be free, the events of the novel take place. The game of the mirror is a central pillar in this fictional world, as the mirror is a liquid on which intersecting images of human details dance while he hesitates between the rigidity of the situation and the fragility of emotion. A prisoner behind the door is shrouded in memories and imagination from the words of prison torment. Outside, a wife is dreaming, a child is tormented by a dream, and a father is on the waiting stove testing his ability to turn into ashes and his inability to burn. But the opening of the door and the light seeping in are not enough together to fix one broken angle in the mirror. Outside, the seasons gather to receive Santiago, except for one season, which is spring, even if its corner is broken.

Number of pages of the novel: 280