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primavera con una esquina rota mutilated spring
primavera con una esquina rota is a painfully direct testimony of a nation split by repression and authoritarianism . it is also an attempt to bridge two regionsthe uruguay under the thumb of dictatorship and the uruguay in exilethat constitute a single and wounded country p going beyond the mere political events the novel centers on the profound turmoil these cause in the relationships among the individuals that are a victim to them . p as is the case with the rest of his work mario benedetti combines tenderness denunciation passion love and history to transmit a message of hope spring although mutilated will finally reveal a winter heralded as never ending .