Mario Benedetti
La vida ese paréntesis.
Mexico City: Alfaguara, 1998. First edition. 968190446X 154 pages.
Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 9.75", shows light shelfwear, with small black markings to edges of text block. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. 
"The most intimate verses of nostalgia, of things remembered and things forgotten, of hope and despair, and of live, love, passion, and death, all come together in this collection of poems and short stories."