Poetic pursuits and narrative resources are frequently found interwoven in the work of Mario Benedetti. In Geografias, written in its entirety during the author s Spanish exile, Benedetti draws together fourteen short stories and a number of poems, pairing them off by similarities, and then placing each pair under the protective shield of a geographic stamp. Few works have managed to capture with such tenderness, humor and insight the vastness of a universal life routine which is often pierced with sorrow."
