Poetic pursuits and narrative resources are frequently found interwoven in the work of Mario Benedetti. In Geografias, written in its entirety during the authors 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.