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    José Donoso

    One of the great Boom writers, José Donoso (1924–1996) wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry. He worked stints as a shepherd in Patagonia and a stevedore in Buenos Aires before studying at Princeton and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He was twice a Guggenheim Fellow and won the William Faulkner Foundation Prize as well as Chile’s highest literary honor, the National Literature Prize, among many other awards.  

    José Donoso

    One of the great Boom writers, José Donoso (1924–1996) wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry. He worked stints as a shepherd in Patagonia and a stevedore in Buenos Aires before studying at Princeton and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He was twice a Guggenheim Fellow and won the William Faulkner Foundation Prize as well as Chile’s highest literary honor, the National Literature Prize, among many other awards.  

    Books by José Donoso

    • Taratuta and Still Life with Pipe: Two Novellas

      José Donoso, Gregory Rabassa

      Paperback, 1995

      These striking novellas are the witty crystallizations of José Donoso's concerns over a lifetime of writing.

    • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

      José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

      Paperback, 2024

      Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day

    • The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition

      José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin

      E Book

      Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day

    • The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

      José Donoso, Megan McDowell

      Paperback, 2025

      Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire

    • The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

      José Donoso, Megan McDowell

      E Book

      Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire

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