The Bay of Silence (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eduardo Mallea
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Setting: Buenos Aires and Europe
- Principal Characters: Martín Tregua, Jiménez, Anselmi, Mercedes Miró, Gloria Bambil
- 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
The Story:
Martín Tregua was an aspiring writer in Buenos Aires who felt that he had to enjoy life to the fullest to improve his literary craft. Although he was an aloof young man and a newcomer to the city, he was constantly surrounded by young people who enjoyed the active night life of Buenos Aires as he did. His favorite pastime was to take long walks through the city, which exerted a passionate attraction over him that he could not understand.
Martín lived in a boardinghouse, where he had met his best friends: Jiménez, a government bureaucrat, and Anselmi, a law...
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