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 ...
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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.
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Like New. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Suitable for presenting as a gift.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First printing. Translated from Spanish by Hardie St. Martin. Donoso was a Chilean author who went into self imposed exile as a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Psychedelic dustjacket design by John Alcorn. A clean, unmarked copy.
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New York. 1992. November 1992. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. A Few Very Small & Very Slight Stain Marks On Top Edge, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0802112382. Translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin. 243 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration and design by John Alcorn. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer. keywords: Literature Translated Chile Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-A Chilean writer named Julio and his wife, Gloria, are at a low point in their lives Constantly bickering, the pair are beset by worries about money, their writing, and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest profession 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-but in particular for Julio, who fantasizes about the garden next door and the erotic life of the lovely young aristocratic woman who inhabits it. But Julio's life-and career-unravel in Madrid: he is rebuffed by a famous literary agent, Nüria Monclñs, 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. The garden next door, however, is also Gloria, who has been doing some creating of her own. It is this twist that transforms Donoso's brilliant satire of the writer's life into something even greater: a carefully crafted and bitterly comic meditation on gardens, deceit, and the nature of a writer's muse. inventory #17350.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering. 243 pp. A clean, attractive copy. "Julio and Gloria Mendez, two Chilean writers who fled to Spain after the Pinochet coup, find themselves at the nadir of their professional and emotional lives in this taut, complex drama about the dissolution and rebirth of a marriage."-PW.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 242 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white.