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 regions-the Uruguay under the thumb of dictatorship and the Uruguay in exile-that constitute a single and wounded countryGoing 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.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.