El lugar sin limites
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1966. Very Good -. Item #33776
Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1966. Limited First Edition of 4200, this being number 4066. 12mo (18cm); illustrated wraps; 140pp. Covers quite worn and creased with spotting and soiling; a bit over-glued along interior gutters. Spine cocked. A few old stains and ghosts of sticker labels to endpapers; ownership inscription to half title; pages toned but unmarked. A Good to Very Good copy of what Donoso called, "my most finished work, something like a perfect concerto for violin and piano." (our translation).
The novel explores themes of gender identity, sexual performance, and power and class structures through the experiences of Manuela, a transvestite running a bordello in Santiago, Chile. Written and published in a time of great social upheaval and cultural change in Chile, this early and important Donoso work remains in print and is continually reinterpreted, though the first edition is remarkably elusive.
Jose Donoso, Selena Millares [ed.] "El lugar sin limites." Catedra, 1999; p. 56.
Price: $250.00