Notebook 11, 1958-08-05 - 1958-09-02

Item — Box: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

80 p. holograph. Drafts of the short stories "Un Silbido en la Noche" and "Pasos en la Noche." An untitled television script. Notes for another untitled short story. Notes for another untitled television script. Miscellaneous notes for untitled stories and novels.

Dates

Creation: 1958-08-05 - 1958-09-02

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

112 leaves (70 numbered). August, 5, 1958 (Buenos Aires); September 2, 1958 (Buenos Aires)

Index Card: 5 de Agosto 1958. 2 de Setiembre [sic] 1958. Viaje a Baires [sic] los últimos días de Julio: conozco a M. Pilar Serrano el 31 de Julio. Tres años más tarde me caso con ella PASOS EN LA NOCHE (revista Americana) television Script. Sigo con idea de balneario off season.

Content: Preliminary drafts, notes, comments and ideas for "Pasos en la Noche" (short story); Preliminary drafts, and notes for an untitled television script and for a television show. Miscellaneous notes for possible short stories and novels.

Works in progress: “Pasos en la noche” (short story, first titled “un silbido en la noche”): unnumbered pages at the beginning of the notebook, 5 de Agosto; 57 (Characters: narrator, woman); Untitled novel: unnumbered pages, 6de Agosto (Characters: Chita, Margarita, Kecho); 1.3 Television Script: unnumbered pages, 17de Agosto; 1-31 (Characters: Pablo Vera, Anita, Tía Andrea, Tía Marta, Bebé, Inspector Méndez, ayudante, Pablo, Detective); Ideas for an untitled short story: 32- 36 (Characters: indio, narrator); Ideas for a television show: 54-58 (Characters: hombre, dos hermanas, detective); Other ideas for a novel: 59 - unnumbered pages at the end of the notebook (Characters: Marta Rivas, Manuela, Rafael).

Work Plans: Unnumbered pages at the first half of the notebook; 39, 51, 58, unnumbered pages at the end of the notebook.

Secondary Projects: Ideas for different short stories: unnumbered pages at the beginning of the notebook, 5 de Agosto; 32-35; Comments and reflections on the topics for his second novel: 36-53; Ideas for “Fin de semana”; Ideas he would like to incorporate in a novel: 36-53; 59-unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook.

References: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) unnumbered page towards the beginning of the notebook, 57; “Las ruinas circulares” (short story by Jorge Luis Borges, 1941) unnumbered pages towards the beginning of the notebook; T. S Eliot (1888-1965) 45; “The Hollow Man” (poem by T.S. Eliot, 1925) 45; Carmen Silva (1929) 48; Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) 57; Henry James (1843-1916) 57; Carlos Ibañez del Campo (1877-1960) 67; F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) unnumbered page at the end of the notebook which should have been 68; The Great Gatsby (novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) unnumbered page [68].