num_pages: 214
description: This collection includes the best of renowned Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti's stories from over 40 years of publishing. In these stories of powerful sudden impact, Benedetti plumbs with deep psychological insight both the dreams and frustrations of the middle-class in a bureaucratic society, as well as the pain and disorientation of political exile. 
language: English
title: Blood Pact and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Blood Pact and Other Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Latin American
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Curbstone Books