Notebook 18, 1959-08-11 - 1960-01-10

Item — Box: 8

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Scope and Contents

178 pages holograph. Various drafts of "El Ultimo Azcoitia," 33 pages and 20 pages. Preliminary notes and drafts of the beginning of a short "El Tunel" Preliminary notes and two drafts of the beginning of a short story titled "Mi Gran Amiga." Preliminary notes for an untitled novel. Various drafts of the beginning of a short story titled "Los Gatos" (titled later changed to "Santelices"), 15 pages. Drafts of the beginning of a short story titled "El Asilo de los Feos." Miscellaneous notes.

Dates

Creation: 1959-08-11 - 1960-01-10

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

103 pages numbered by JD plus 76 unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook. August 11, 1959 (from September 28, Santiago); January 10, 1960 (no place specified)

Index card:“11 de Agosto de 1959 a 10 de Enero de 1960. El Ultimo Azcoitia. Comienza Santelices”

Content: Drafts for “El Ultimo Azcoitia” and “El asilo de los feos”. Ideas for “El Tunel”. Beginning of “Santelices” first written under the title “Los gatos”.

Works in progress: “El Ultimo Azcoitia”: 1-32, unnumbered page (it should have been 37) 44-69; “El Tunel” 38, 40-43; “Mi gran amiga” 75-78; Untitled novel 72-105; 1.5 “Los gatos”: Unnumbered pages (should have been 106-112). Later “Santelices”; 1.6 "Santelices”; Unnumbered pages (should have been 113-120). 1.7 “El asilo de los feos”: Unnumbered pages (should have been 121-126).

Characters: 1.1 Jeronimo Azcoitia, Boy, Adela (later Adela Santillana, later Ines); 1.3 mme. Gabrielle, Donoso, Maria del Pilar; 1.4 Gustvo rebolledo, Felipe Vera, Maya, Patricio Santos, Panchita Berenguer, Magdalena Berenguer, Eduardo Orrego, Ester Padilla; 1.5 Jorge Santelices, señ or Puyo; 1.6 Jorge Santelices, don Eustagio, don Norberto?; 1.7 Leonor, Mimi, Beatriz, Elena.

Thoughts and reflections: 4-5, 12-14, unnumbered page (it should have been 37-38; 33-35 the need of writing a story based on the impossibility of going back home; 1.4 72-75, 72-87.

Miscellaneous: References:“Chocalates for breakfast”, (Pamela Moore), 38, 39; Dorothy Parker, "Big Blonde”, 72; Inés Figueroa, 74; 36 idea for another short story based on the futility of life and ephemeral of memory; 39 Idea for a short story; 70 Ideas for previous works; 71-72 ideas for a short story; 72-73 reflections on the earlier short story ““Madame Jeanne”; 74 Short stories the author would like to include in a volume; Unnumbered page (should have been 105) text in quotations marks; 24 Unnumbered: pages are difficult to decipher, written in blue ink; 16 Unnumbered: pages are difficult to decipher, written in pencil and green ink; 10 Unnumbered: pages are difficult to decipher, written in blue ink, crossed-out by JD; Drawing of a female face; Drawing of a portrait; Drawing of a stage.