The anxious await of workers for the approval of their raises, the slow and tranquil awakening of a man on his day off from work, the unique confession of a son to a person that knew his mother intimately ... these most simple anecdotes of daily life are reflected with such splendor and vitality through Benedetti's engaging prose. And as Benedetti himself affirms, "the story is a genre filled with traps, temptations, challenges, but also one of most gratification."