The Bay of Silence (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eduardo Mallea
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late 1920’2 or 1930’s
- Setting: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; and Como, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Nationalism, Moral conditions, Argentina or Argentineans
- Locales: Paris, France, Italy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brussels, Belgium
Characters Discussed
Martín Tregua (mahr- TEEN TRAY-gwah), the narrator, a law student living in a boarding house in Buenos Aires. Disaffected with law school, he quits to devote himself to writing. He publishes a book of poems and becomes deeply involved with the publication of a new and provocative journal, titled Enough. When the patron of the review closes it down, Martín spends several years in isolation, living and writing while supporting himself on an inheritance from his father. He has one serious relationship with a woman, Mercedes Miró, that fizzles out. He...
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