Donoso, José 1924-1996

A house in the country : a novel by José Donoso ( Book )
73 editions published between 1977 and 2007 in 9 languages and held by 1,479 libraries worldwide
The Ventura children--ranging in age from six to sixteen--pursue their own elaborate games on a magnificient estate in South America. When the adults leave for a picnic "the games" of the children erupt in destruction.

The obscene bird of night by José Donoso ( Book )
114 editions published between 1970 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 1,467 libraries worldwide
Chilean novelist depicts the physical and moral sordidness of the modern world.

The garden next door by José Donoso ( Book )
34 editions published between 1981 and 2003 in 5 languages and held by 1,036 libraries worldwide
Una novela sobre el fracaso, pero tambien, de algun modo, sobre la salvacion. Desgarrada y tragicomica, cotidiana y patetica, explora los laberintos de la marginalidad interior, mas alla de los destierrosobligados o voluntarios, de las miserias fisicas o de las ambiguedades del deseo.

Coronación by José Donoso ( Book )
92 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 997 libraries worldwide
Novel by Chilean author.

Curfew : a novel by José Donoso ( Book )
28 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 951 libraries worldwide
Curfew takes place during one twenty-four hour period in January 1985. Matilde Neruda, widow of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, has just passed away, and various factions are rallying to turn the event to their advantage: for Pinochet's junta, it represents a chance to assert political authority, while for the intellectuals who had basked in the Nerudas' light, it is an opportunity to grab the spoils of the estate.

The boom in Spanish American literature : a personal history by José Donoso ( Book )
34 editions published between 1972 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 889 libraries worldwide

Sacred families : three novellas by José Donoso ( Book )
26 editions published between 1973 and 1985 in 4 languages and held by 884 libraries worldwide

El lugar sin límites by José Donoso ( Book )
109 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 868 libraries worldwide
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Este domingo by José Donoso ( Book )
67 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 823 libraries worldwide

The TriQuarterly anthology of contemporary Latin American literature by José Donoso ( Book )
3 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 616 libraries worldwide