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portada The Garden Next Door: A Novel
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
1994
Language
English
Pages
243
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.7 x 13.9 x 1.7 cm
Weight
0.29 kg.
ISBN
0802133681
ISBN13
9780802133687

The Garden Next Door: A Novel

José Donoso (Author) · Grove Press · Paperback

The Garden Next Door: A Novel - José Donoso

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Synopsis "The Garden Next Door: A Novel"

A Chilean writer named Julio and his wife Gloria are beset by worries, constantly bickering about money, their writing, and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest trade in Marrakesh). When Julio's boyhood best friend, now a famous artist, lends the couple his luxurious Madrid apartment for the summer, it is an escape for both -- in particular for Julio, who fantasizes about the garden next door and the erotic life of the lovely young aristocrat who inhabits it. But Julio's life and career unravel in Madrid: he is rebuffed by a famous literary agent, who detests him and his novel; his son's friend from Marrakesh moves in and causes havoc; and Gloria begins to drink. In the face of pitiless adversity, Julio's talent inexorably begins to fade. With The Garden Next Door, Jose Donoso has rendered a carefully crafted and bitterly comic meditation on gardens, deceit, and the nature of a writer's muse.
José Donoso
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José Donoso nació en Santiago, Chile, en 1924. Estudió en la Universidad de Chile y luego en Princeton, Estados Unidos. Entre 1967 y 1981 vivió en España, donde escribió algunas de sus novelas más importantes y se consolidó como una figura central del boom latinoamericano. Entre otras distinciones, obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura en Chile, el Premio de la Crítica en España, el Premio Mondello en Italia y el Premio Roger Caillois en Francia.
En 1995 fue condecorado con la Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil, otorgada por el Consejo de Ministros de España. Tras su regreso a Chile en 1981, dirigió por varios años un taller literario que jugó un rol fundamental en la gestación de la «nueva narrativa chilena». José Donoso murió en Santiago de Chile, en diciembre de 1996.
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