The Truce

Mario Benedetti differs significantly from those who formed the core of the new Latin American novel. Set against the fireworks of mythological prose and magical realism, his everyday, subdued, fundamentally anti-romantic prose—with its ordinary heroes and old-fashioned psychological depth—creates an artistic philosophy of history that represents the main achievement and contribution of the Latin American novel to twentieth-century world culture. Benedetti forged his own unique version of modern realism.