José Donoso (1924–1996)
Author of The Obscene Bird of Night
About the Author
Donoso obsessive subject is the decay of the Chilean bourgeoisie, but he vigorously rejects anything reminiscent of traditional realism or the portrayal of regional customs. In This Sunday (1966), he focuses on a family's activities on Sundays in order to view the boredom, passions, and misery of show more Chilean bourgeois society and its servants. The Obscene Bird of Night (1970) deals with the decline of feudal society through the story of a landholding family in a kaleidoscopic vision of decay and outrageous behavior. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by José Donoso
El Charleston 2 copies
LA DESESPERANZA 2 copies
Correspondencia 2 copies
Charleston 1 copy
El lugar sin limites 1 copy
Casa de campo I 1 copy
La destrucción de un mundo 1 copy
CUENTOS DE VERANO 1 copy
Associated Works
Maestros de la Literatura Universal: Latinoamerica — Contributor — 3 copies
New Voices of Hispanic America: An Anthology — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Donoso Yáñez, José
- Birthdate
- 1924-10-05
- Date of death
- 1996-12-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Chile (birth)
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Chile
- Place of death
- Santiago, Chile
- Places of residence
- Mexico
Iowa, USA
Spain
Santiago, Chile - Education
- Princeton University
- Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
journalist
teacher - Awards and honors
- National Prize for Literature Chile (1990)
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Reviews
Lists
1970 Club (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 2,385
- Popularity
- #10,764
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 48
- ISBNs
- 224
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
- 3
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Suffers from being too vague at times, especially with time.
Not as vulgar and obscene as I thought it'd be.
I don't think overhyped is the proper word to describe the book and though I did take a break while reading it, I found it enjoyable. I wouldn't recommend it people, personally.