Notebook B, 1952-02 - 1953-02

Item — Box: 5

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Scope and Contents

122 pages. Notes on the then novel "Paseo" and notes on a trip to Mexico.

Dates

Creation: 1952-02 - 1953-02

Creator

From the Collection: Donoso, Jose (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Disbound signatures, 6.5 x 8 inches, 122 leaves numbered rectos only. JD may have later recorded February 1 as the first date in this notebook. The first date recorded in blue ink is February 8, 1952. Holograph text on rectos only except versos of 36 and 37 which have notes.

Index Card: Proyecto de novela que se llamaría PASEO. Contiene sublimado y destruido? mi noviazgo con Marcela Vicuña (de Jorge Guzmán F?) y recuerdos de mi viaje a Mexico [sic]. 1 Feb 1952 – 1 Feb 1953. Penultimo entry: 30 de Julio 1952. Esta fué [sic] una época muy caótica y desgraciada para mi [sic], sobre todo hacia el final, cuando mi rompimiento con Marcela me dejó solo, y cuando estuve en análisis con Arturo Prab?

Content: Ideas, notes, drafts and comments for a work entitled “Paseo”.

Works in Progress: “Paseo” (novel): 3-122 (Characters: Raymond Bailey, Lía Reyes, Laura, Rafael Fuentevieja, Carlos Mujica, sacerdote, sirviente, Delfina Reyes, Lia’s parents, señora gringa, Manuelito, Florence Biggs, el Conejo, Chucho Reyes, Manuelito Muñoz, Francisco Reyes, doña Carmen, Adela).

Work Plans: 1-2; 122

References: Fiodor M. Dostoevsky (1821-1881) 36; Chucho Reyes (1882-1977) 44; Brighton Rock (novel by Graham Greene, 1938) 48; Pinkie Brown (fictional character in Brighton Rock) 48; Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 65; Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) 86; Gérard Philipe (1922-1959) 96; La Cartuja de Parma (1948, film where Gérard Philipe acted) 97; Tito (Luis Alberto ) Heiremans (1928-1964) 106; Ovidio (43 BC-17 AD) 110; Homero (?-?) 110; Charles Dickens (1812-1870) 110; Julio Verne (1828-1905) 110; Jane Austen (1775-1817) 110; John Milton (1608-1674) 111.