Notebook 32, 1964-12-17 - 1965-06-29

Item — Box: 9

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Scope and Contents

196 pages holograph. Notes and outline for chapter 2 of Rie el Eterno Lacayo, later became El Lugar sin Limites. Preliminary notes for "Este Domingo."

Dates

Creation: 1964-12-17 - 1965-06-29

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

178 pages numbered by JD plus 20 unnumbered pages (the last page is cut in half). December 17, 1964 (San Angel, Mexico). June 29, 1965 ( Cuernavaca, Mexico).

Index card: “(Mexico, San Angel) Diciembre 17, 1964. (Cuernavaca) Junio 9, 1965. Termino “RIE EL ETERNO LACAYO’, que Joaquin Diez-Canedo publico en 1966 Noviembre, con el nombre de EL LUGAR SIN LIMITES. Viajo a New York a la publicacion de CORONATION en ingles. Paul Engle me contrata. Cuernavaca con los suegros. Comienzo, y caso termino ESTE DOMINGO. Tengo un derrame de ulcera antes de terminar”.

Content: Notes, drafts, detailed sketches, critic evaluation and planning for “La Manuela” (later “La apuesta,” finally “El lugar sin limites”). Ideas for prospective short stories. Preliminary ideas and notes for what finally became “Este Domingo”.

Works in progress: “La Manuela” (later “La apuesta,” finally “El lugar sin limites): 1* (page unnumbered by JD) -118; 1.2 untitled short story: 119-121; 1.3 short story “El paraiso”: 121-127; 1.4 “La nana”: 53, 131- ; 1. 5 “Este Domingo”: 141-178.

Characters: La Manuela, Nelly, Japonesita, Pancho Vega, don Alejandro or Don Alejo, senora Blanca, Ludo, Acevedo, perros, Octavio, Japonesa Grande, boticario, jefe de estacion, jefe de carabineros, don Cespedes, perrros, la Lucy, La Cloty, Octavio, La Ludovina, Misia Blanca. Dr. Gonzalez Ulloa. Actriz nortemaericana o Bella Star, ninita, marido, Margarita, Mrs. Manjo?, doctor Porter. Maya, nana, Berta, Violeta, Adriana Rodriguez de Vives, Alfonso Vives, Violeta, Diego, Gonzalo, Ana, Beatriz, Olga, Julio, Tito, Alfredo.

Sketches: 28-29, 46-49, 80, 82-83, 91-93, unnumbered page towards the end of the notebook. 1.5 148-149, 167.

Thoughts and reflections: 1.1 1-7, 14-18, 20-27, 30, 32-38, 39-45, 50-5, 54-69, 70-75, 76-79, 81-82, 83-91, 93-114; 1.4 131-135, 140; 1.5 141-147, 149-178.

References: “El coronel no tiene quien le escriba” (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), 30; Joaquín Díez-Canedo, 31, 114; Ernest Hemingway, 33; Vicente Leñero , “Los albañiles”, 75; “Pedro Paramo”, Juan Rulfo, 88. 113; Carlos Fuentes, 88, 96, 114, unnumbered page towards the end of the notebook; Robert Graves, “The White Goddess”, 95; Henry James, 129; Katherine Mansfield, 143; Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel Angel Asturias, unnumbered pages towards the end of the notebook.

Miscellaneous: 18 writing plans for the following days; 31-32 weekly writing plan; 49 weekly writing plan; 53 Ideas for “La nana”; 75 Ideas for articles published in Ercilla; 100 Expectations for his next creation; 110 Main theme for a future novel; 114 Critics from Carlos Fuentes to the novel; 115-116 idea for a short story; 117 willingness to write, rescue some old short stories written in previous notebooks; 118 list of short stories under the title “Brisca”. List of words in capital letters; 119 Ideas for a short story; 127 List and comments on a possible volume of 12 short stories; Unnumbered page: drawing in blue ink; Unnumbered page: notes, male profile; Unnumbered last page of the notebook: list and the titles “Bolivia” and “El Cairo