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100 1 a| Donoso, José,d| 1924-1996e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjHcghHkKcPPW9gpfycfq=| ^A34043;

240 10 a| Obsceno pájaro de la noche.l| English=| ^A681686;

245 14 a| The obscene bird of night :b| a novel /c| José Donoso ; translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin, Leonard Mades & Megan McDowell ; with an introduction by Alejandro Zambra & a translator's note by Megan McDowell.;

250 a| [Revised, unabridged edition].;

250 a| Centennial edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| New Directions,c| [2024];

300 a| xviii, 477 pages ;c| 21 cm.;

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490 1 a| New Directions paperbook ;v| 1590;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

546 a| In English, translated from Spanish.;

520 a| "Deep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of a crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him, bit by bit, into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to one of Chile's most powerful politicians, Jer̤nimo de Azcoit̕a. Once, he ruled over a palace of monsters, built to shield Jer̤nimo's deformed son from any concept of beauty. Once, he plotted with the wise woman Peta Ponce to bed Iňs, Jer̤nimo's wife. Mudito was Humberto, Jer̤nimo was strong, Iňs was beautiful... Narrated in voices that shift and multiply, The Obscene Bird of Night frets the seams between master and slave, rich and poor, reality and nightmares, man and woman, self and other in a maniacal inquiry into the horrifying transformations that power can wreak on identity. Now, star translator Megan McDowell has revised and updated the classic translation, restoring nearly twenty pages of previously untranslated text that was mysteriously cut from the 1972 edition. Newly complete, with missing motifs restored, plots deepened, and characters more richly shaded, Donoso's pajarito (little bird), as he called it, returns to print to celebrate the centennial of its author's birth in full plumage, as brilliant as it is bizarre."--c| New Directions website;

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The obscene bird of night : a novel / José Donoso ; translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin, Leonard Mades & Megan McDowell ; with an introduction by Alejandro Zambra & a translator's note by Megan McDowell.

Author/creator	Donoso, José author.
Format	Book
Edition	[Revised, unabridged edition].
Edition	Centennial edition.
Publication	New York : New Directions, [2024]
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	xviii, 477 pages ; 21 cm.
Subjects	Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction. Chilean fiction--20th century. Identité--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Roman chilien--20e siècle.

Other author/creator	St. Martin, Hardie translator. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjthMtWVPq7rgg4hXYb3Km
Other author/creator	Mades, Leonard translator. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFDYHVVtgfddgr6bqbDMd
Other author/creator	McDowell, Megan, translator, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtWQjmpQDpxg6HJR6Vt8C
Other author/creator	Zambra, Alejandro, 1975- writer of introduction. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8tCfFxyh7vdHkWpCRKd
Uniform title	Obsceno pájaro de la noche. English
Series	New Directions paperbook ; 1590 New Directions paperbook ; 1590. ^A717302
Abstract	"Deep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of a crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him, bit by bit, into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to one of Chile's most powerful politicians, Jer̤nimo de Azcoit̕a. Once, he ruled over a palace of monsters, built to shield Jer̤nimo's deformed son from any concept of beauty. Once, he plotted with the wise woman Peta Ponce to bed Iňs, Jer̤nimo's wife. Mudito was Humberto, Jer̤nimo was strong, Iňs was beautiful... Narrated in voices that shift and multiply, The Obscene Bird of Night frets the seams between master and slave, rich and poor, reality and nightmares, man and woman, self and other in a maniacal inquiry into the horrifying transformations that power can wreak on identity. Now, star translator Megan McDowell has revised and updated the classic translation, restoring nearly twenty pages of previously untranslated text that was mysteriously cut from the 1972 edition. Newly complete, with missing motifs restored, plots deepened, and characters more richly shaded, Donoso's pajarito (little bird), as he called it, returns to print to celebrate the centennial of its author's birth in full plumage, as brilliant as it is bizarre."-- New Directions website
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Language	In English, translated from Spanish.
Genre/form	Horror fiction.
Genre/form	Magic realist fiction.
ISBN	0811232220 (paperback)
ISBN	9780811232227 (paperback)

The obscene bird of night : a novel / José Donoso ; translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin, Leonard Mades & Megan McDowell ; with an introduction by Alejandro Zambra & a translator's note by Megan McDowell.

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