Notebook 15, 1958-11-29 - 1959-02-09

Item — Box: 7

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Scope and Contents

340 pages holograph. A draft of "La Puerta [Cerrada]," 66 pages. Draft of "La Pelirroja." Notes on a collection of short stories. An outline of the short story "Mil Pesos." Several drafts of the short story "Quinientos Pesos," ca. 50 pages. Notes and drafts for a novel to consist of "La Casa," "El Parque, " "La Muerte, " and "El Entreacto." Beginning of a draft of "Las Casas de los Poetas." Miscellaneous notes. Preliminary notes for "El Nino en el Parque." Outline of "El Tio Gregorio," 6 pages. Preliminary notes for "Pasatiempos para Jubilados."

Dates

Creation: 1958-11-29 - 1959-02-09

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

260 pages numbered by JD plus 33 unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook. November 29, 1958 (Totoral, Cordoba, 1-238; Buenos Aires 239-unnumbered page). February 9, 1959 (Los Toldos, unnumbered page).

Index card: “Despues de rompimiento con M.P., una de las epocas mas siniestras de mi vida. Y mas ricas. Amistades: Jorge y Elena Miches; Eugenio Guante?; Pana Guante? (Murio el año pasado) mi gran y queridisima amiga, tierna y adorada, madre de Eugenio. Todo el asunto con familia M. Pilar. Pobreza. Nouvelle: En el Parque. “El tio Gregorio”.

Content: broad and detailed outlines, drafts and thoughts on different stories planned to be grouped under the title “Pasatiempos para jubilados”. Thoughts on the attitude of the reader towards a novel. List of friends and guests to his wedding. Drawing of female figures.

Works in progress: “La Puerta” (later “La puerta cerrada”): 3- 68; Untitled story (probably “quinientos pesos”): 69; “La pelirroja”: 70-75, 80-81; “Quinientos pesos”: 88-101; 107-113; 114-128, 129-147; “El parque” later “El tio Gregrio”: 148-238 252-260; “La casa de los poetas”: 239-241; “El anticuario”: 248; “Pasatiempos para jubilados”; 1.9 Play (28 unnumbered pages)

Characters: 1.1 Adela Rengijo, Sebastian, señora Menche, Aquiles Marambio, doctor, sirvienta, señora de Marambio, dos hijos ( Maria Isabel, Maria Patricia). 1.2 Margarita, unnamed character. 1.3 Borges, Isabel Penderigact?, Demetrio Roa, Beatriz Mansilla, Lia de Largilliere, Rita. 1.4 Manuel Vera (also Manuel Rios, Manuel Vega, Pablo Aniaran?), chofer, ayudante, muchacha india. 1.5 Felipe (later Felipe Saenz), Abuela, madre, sirvienta (Marta), padre, tio Gregorio, Adriana (novia de Felipe). 1.9 Tio Gregorio, Adriana.

Sketches: 1.4 93-96; 1 unnumbered page; 1.5 162-165; 175-181; 186-188; 210-221; 1.7 248; 1.8 6 unnumbered pages; 1.9 9 unnumbered pages.

Thoughts and reflections on: texts in progress: 75-79; “El Mentiroso” 82-84; 1.3 82 “Pasatiempos para gente civilizada”: 85; 1.5 222-225, 228-235, 235-238, 249-251; 257-260; unnumbered pages, notes in pencil January 3; 1.9 On the play (unnumbered pages); Unnumbered pages related to the appreciation of a novel by the public.

References: Arturo López-Willshaw, 243; Pablo Picasso, 246, 248; Renoir, 246; Eugenio Guasta; Jorge Luis Borges; D.H. Lawrence; Eduardo Mallea, “posesion”; Juan José Hernández, “Calridad vencida”; Martinez Estrada; Ricardo Moliner; Dalmiro Sáenz “Setenta veces siete”; William Faulkner; ErnestoSabato, “El Tunel”; Sara Gallardo, “ Enero”; Benito Lynch; “Los hermanos Karamazov”, (Fiodor Dostoyevski); Cervantes; Carlos Gorostiza, “El pan de la locura”; Marcelo Lavalle; Tennessee Williams; James Joyce; Osvaldo Bonet; unnumbered pages; List of short stories with their possible title: 1-2; Newspaper article: “a child’s world”; Prospective short stories planning: 85-87; Ideas for a short story “Cuento de Puerto Saavedra,” later as “Mil pesos”, and lastly as “Quinientos pesos”: 88-92; Ideas for a nouvelle: 101-106; List of questions: 242; Notes taken in English: 243-247; Notes and comments in pencil, taken in Buenos Aires related to cinema, painting, politics, literature, music, drama, economy and education (pages unnumbered) in 1958; Notes in green ink (3 unnumbered pages); List of ten stories under the title “Pasatiempos para jubilados”; Drawings of female faces; List of names and objects (probably presents); List of guests to his wedding (220); List of friends