El jardín de al lado
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802133681
ISBN13:9780802133687
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:242 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Este libro es muy bueno. Hace sentir en carne propia el fracaso en que cae este profesor de literatura autoexiliado (y muy marcado con sus vivencias durante el Golpe de Estado) con aires de escritor... pero solo aire... solo aspiraciones. En realidad todos esperamos ser más de lo que somos, y nos mortificamos cuando sentimos que estamos lejos, y no aceptamos que no lo somos... Más que en hechos, esta obra se basa en pensamientos. Mientras el mundo da una vuelta, la cabeza de Julio Méndez da mil... y "su mundo", también.
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