165 numbered pages. October 17, 1958 (Belgrano, Buenos Aires); November 14, 1958 (Totoral, Cordoba). Pages are numbered on recto and verso. Most are written on recto and verso. Index Card: 17 de Octubre, 1958. 14 de Noviembre 1958. Totoral hasta Navidad (Cordoba) [sic], la estancia de Margarita Aguirre. LAS BARBAS DEL MALDITO EL PORTERO TEMPORADA EN EL LIMBO. Content: Notes for several untitled short stories. Preliminary drafts, notes, comments and ideas for "El Portero", "Las Barbas del Maldito", "Temporada en el Limbo" and “Adiós Buenos Aires”.

Works In Progress: “La mujer cliché” (ideas for a short story): 43-45; “¡Adiós!”: 54-55; “Las negras propanesas”: 55; “El portero” (short story): 34-39, 67-96, 96-102 (Characters: Don Carlos Balcarce, Claudio Vélez, Embajador, Dino Agliotti); “La Barba del maldito”: 103-134 (Characters: Andrés, Carmen Rivas, Andrés Pérez, padres de Carmen); “Temporada en le limbo”: 135; 144-158; “Adiós Buenos Aires”: 135-143 (Characters: Alberto, Gigi Ríos); “La pieza redonda”: 165.

Work Plans: “Temporada en le limbo”: 136-142.

Secondary Projects: Novel based on a newspaper article: 1-16; Ideas for a short story: 31-32; Ideas for a nouvelle: 33-34; Idea for a short story: 40; Ideas for a short story: 46-50; Ideas for a short story: 58-60; Thoughts about a movie whose script was written by Faulkner: 41; “Carta a Buenos Aires”: 50-52; Ideas for a short story “Los Endomingados”: 134; Ideas for a short story: 134-143; Draft: 165.

Miscellaneous: Draft of a letter addressed to “Carlos”, some comments on Coronacion: 17-30; Drawing of a woman: 30; List of 11 prospective tittles for short stories: 30; List of 11 authors and a published work from each: 53; Notes on a trip: 56-57; Draft of a letter addressed to “Señora Graciela”: 61-64; Notes of what he did during the day: 64; Plans: 65-66; Plan for the following 10 weeks: 158-159; List of 10 titles for short stories and their possible number of pages: 159; Thoughts and comments on his future plans: 160-162; Words he would like to incorporate in his works in progress: 162; Possible people he could dedicate his future work to: 163-164.

References: Arthur Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) 2, 9; María Eva Duarte (1919-1952) 3; Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) 21; Carlos Morla Lynch (1885-1969) 21; Dino Buzzati (1906-1972) 31, 41; William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) 35; William Faulkner (1897-1962) 41; Franz Kafka (1883-1924) 41; Leo Tolstoi (1828-1910) 53; Anna Karenina (novel by Leo Tolstoy, 1873) 53; Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) 53; Cuentos Romanos (volumes of short stories by Alberto Moravia, 1954) 53; William Faulkner (1897-1962) 53; Gambito de Caballo (volume of short stories by William Faulkner 1949) 53; José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) 53; Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) 53; El señor Presidente (novel by Miguel Ángel Asturias, 1946) 53; Alejo Carpentier (1904 -1980) 53; Los pasos perdidos (novel by Alejo Carpentier, 1953) 53; Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) 53; El Mico (novel by Francois Mauriac, 1952) 53; Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) 53; Bestiario (volume of short stories by Julio Cortázar, 1951) 53; William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) 53; Albert Camus (1913-1960) 33, 110; Franz Kafka (1883-1924) 53; La Metamorfosis (novel by Franz Kafka, 1915) 53; Voltaire in Love (by Nancy Mitford, 1957) 56, 64 ; Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) 56; Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) 102; Shirley Temple (1932-1961) 104; Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) 104; Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) 110; Julien Gracq (1910)110; Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) 136.