The Obscene Bird of Night by Jos\u00e9 Donoso is now available for free ePub download or online reading.<\/p>\n
Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as \u201ca masterpiece\u201d by Luis Bu\u00f1uel and \u201cone of the great novels not only of Spanish America, but of our time\u201d 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\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n The story is like a great puzzle . . . invested with a vibrant, almost tangible reality. Although many of the other \u201cboom\u201d writers may have received more attention\u2014especially Fuentes and Vargas Llosa\u2014Donoso and his masterpiece may be the most lasting, visionary, strangest of the books from this time period. Seriously, it\u2019s 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. Nicola Barker has said: <\/p>\n ‘I’m no expert on the topic of South American literature (in fact I’m a dunce), but I have reason to believe (after diligently scouring the internet) that Chile’s Jose Donoso, while a very highly regarded author on home turf, is little known on this side of the Atlantic. His masterpiece is the fabulously entitled The Obscene Bird of Night. It would be a crass understatement to say that this book is a challenging read, it’s totally and unapologetically psychotic. It’s also insanely gothic, brilliantly engaging, exquisitely written, filthy, sick, terrifying, supremely perplexing, and somehow connives to make the brave reader feel like a tiny, sleeping gnat being sucked down a fabulously kaleidoscopic dream plughole.’. First published January 1, 1970. Original format: Paperback. Pages: 438. #the-obscene-bird-of-night-ebook #the-obscene-bird-of-night-epub #read #download<\/p>\n User Rating: 4.16 (based on 2941 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB The Obscene Bird of Night by Jos\u00e9 Donoso<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: the-obscene-bird-of-night.epub<\/em><\/p>\n
\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n
\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n