Juan Carlos Onetti

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Uruguayan author Juan Carlos Onetti talks with Joaquin Soler Serrano in a 1976 interview for Spanish television about his novels and short stories, and his days as journalist in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. He praises the writers of the Latin American Boom and explains his affinity for setting his novels in an imaginary city, Santa Maria, like Marquez and Llosa. Onetti discusses his writing process some of his works like "The Pit," "A Brief Life," "The Shipyard" and "The Body Snatcher," while avoiding reference to the reasons for his self-exile to Madrid.

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43 min 44 sec

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