ternura, denuncia, pasión, amor e Historia para transmitir al lector un mensaje de esperanza: la primavera, aunque mutilada, relevará por fin a un invierno que se anunciaba inacabable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION 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 country Going 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.