An immortal masterpiece, the largest and greatest literary work in the history of Italian literature, one of the hundred greatest books in human history, and the most printed, published and translated book after the holy heavenly books in the world... it is the “Divine Comedy.” A unique symbolic journey through otherworldly worlds undertaken by the greatest writers of the centuries Dante Alighieri, a symbol of sinful life, leads him to "Hell" and "Purgatory", then "Beatrice", a symbol of faith, leads him towards "Paradise"... It is a long and turbulent journey towards knowledge and faith, filled with symbols that have given it ambiguity, complexity, and brilliance in the eyes of readers, critics, and interpreters. Transferring all of humanity from a state of misery and misery to a state of happiness and contentment is one of the goals of our book, as stated by its author, by diving into the depths of history, recounting rich life experiences, and classifying people according to their deeds in their world, between hell, purgatory, and paradise, and through what the work contains. Philosophy, wisdom, morals and emotion. The strength of the structure, the strength of the style, and the interconnectedness of meanings are features that uniquely characterize this epic.
A special kind of anxiety grips Martin Santome after he approaches retirement age. He sees that his life has passed without him achieving anything worth mentioning. However, something changes after hiring the young woman, Abeyanda, in the office where he works, as he suddenly experiences feelings of happiness. After his life had deprived him of her for many years, since the death of his wife and his having to raise his children alone.
Through Santome's diaries over the course of an entire year, Benedetti depicts for us the life of the middle class in Uruguay, expressing with great sensitivity the loneliness and lack of communication, love, happiness, and death, in a poetic narrative that qualifies this novel to be one of the most beautiful and powerful love novels. And elegance in Latin American literature.
