Obscene Bird of Night (Verba Mundi) - Softcover

Donoso, Jose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567920462 ISBN 13: 9781567920468

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003

Synopsis

This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the great novels not only of Spanish America, but of our time" by Carlos Fuentes. The story of the last member of the aristocratic Azcoitia family, a monstrous mutation protected from the knowledge of his deformity by being surrounded with other freaks as companions, The Obscene Bird of Night is a triumph of imaginative, visionary writing. Its luxuriance, fecundity, horror, and energy will not soon fade from the reader's mind. (Verba Mundi)

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)

Review:

The story is like a great puzzle . . . invested with a vibrant, almost tangible reality. --The New York Times

Although many of the other "boom" writers may have received more attention especially Fuentes and Vargas Llosa Donoso and his masterpiece may be the most lasting, visionary, strangest of the books from this time period. Seriously, it's a novel about the last member of an aristocratic family, a monstrous mutant, who is surrounded by other freaks so as to not feel out of place. --Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1567920462
• ISBN 13: 9781567920468
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 438