Notebook 22, 1962-03-22 - 1962-08-10

Item — Box: 8

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Scope and Contents

84 pages holograph. Initial drafts of early chapters of "Los Guantes Blancos" (i.e., Este Domingo). Notes for "El Ultimo Azcoitia" (i.e. El Obsceno Pajaro). Miscellaneous notes and jottings.

Dates

Creation: 1962-03-22 - 1962-08-10

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

169 pages numbered by JD plus 15 unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook. March 22, 1962 (unspecified). August 10, 1962 (unspecified).

Index card: “22 marzo 1962. 10 Agosto 1962. Aqui comienzo “Los guantes Blancos”, que se transformo en obra de teatro (?Quien la tendra ahora?) y fue el embrion de Este Domingo. La obra de teatro no creo que pasara de medio acto. Despues, tomamos nuestra casita en Sta Ana y comienzo con El Ultimo Azcoitia, embrion de EL OBSCENO PAJARO DE LA NOCHE”.

Content: Notes, dafts, sketches, critic evaluation of “Los gunates blancos”, “El ultimo Azcoitia” (later “El obsceno pajaro de la noche”) and “Funeral para un angel”.

Works in progress: 1.1 “Los guantes blancos”: 1-117; 1.2 “El ultimo Azcoitia”: 117-125, 160-169; 1.3 “Funeral para un angel”: 125-156, 158-160.

Characters: Chita, Leonidas Vera, Milena Rusic, Ludovina, Matilde, Toribio Alvarez, Valenzuela, Polla, Monica y Mario Mendez, Antonio, Ramon, los Irrisari, Embajador Aldunate, Minsitro de Justicia, Isidoro Huneus, don Julio Zegers; Jeronimo, Ines, Peta, Boy, la Geisha, la Manuela, Paula Mancheno, Victor Mancheno, maria Olga Mancheno, Lastenia Parraguez, Inesita Urrutia, Carlos Mendez, Vicente Mendea mancheno, Angelica Vergara de Mendez, Olga Mendez Mancheno, Rosa Lederma, Leoncio Ponce, Vicente, Alejandro.

Sketches: 4-5, 17-18, 22-23, 27-8, 32, 39-40,45, 47-49, 58-60, 70, 76-86, 90-91, 93, 104, 106-107, 123-124, 119*(page unnumbered by JD)-120; 168; 126-128, 140-141, 143

Thoughts and reflections: 1.1 1-2, 5-6, 20-21, 23-36, 38, 40, 41-58, 60-70,72-76, 81, 83, 85-110, 112-118; 1.2 119-125, 160-169; 1.3 125-157, 158-160.

References: Halldor Laxness, 5; Juan Agustín Palazuelos, 87; Goytisolo, 87; Juan Goytisolo Gay, 87; Juan García Hortelano, 87; Nemesio Antunez, 98; Thomas Mann (Los Buddenbroock), 104; Jorge Luis Borges, 111, 121; Cortazar, 121; Kafka, 121; Carlos Fuentes, 121; Herman Hesse; Eduardo Vilches, 123; Fortunato San Martin, Miguel Arteche, Jorge Teillier, Armando Uribe, Efrain Barquero, unnumbered pages.

Miscellaneous: 111 Idea for a short story for the “Cuentos perversos” volume; 117-118 letter from Henry James pere to Williams James; 157-8 Author asks himself why he writes; Unnumbered page towards the end of the notebook: drawings, lists; Biographical notes on Fortunato San Martin; List of 90 postcards from Europe.