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This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as a masterpiece by Luis Buuel 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 readers mind. 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 attentionespecially Fuentes and Vargas LlosaDonoso and his masterpiece may be the most lasting, visionary, strangest of the books from this time period. Seriously, its 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 Nicola Barker has said: "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 Ch

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Author

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

Publisher

Knopf; [distributed by Random House

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780879231910

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Horror

Rating

4.14 / 5 (1,257 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14