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- catalog abstract "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, Nuria Monclus, 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.".
- catalog alternative "Jardín de al lado. English".
- catalog contributor b3872912.
- catalog coverage "Madrid (Spain) Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "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, Nuria Monclus, 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.".
- catalog extent "243 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0802112382".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Grove Press,".
- catalog spatial "Madrid (Spain) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "863 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, Chilean Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Biographical fiction, Chilean.".
- catalog subject "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog subject "Gardens Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PQ8097.D617 J3713 1992".
- catalog subject "Satire.".
- catalog title "Jardín de al lado. English".
- catalog title "The garden next door / José Donoso ; translated by Hardie St. Martin.".
- catalog type "text".