The Obscene Bird of Night Author:Jose Donoso, Hardie St. Martin (Translator), Leonard Mades (Translator) 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 surrounde... more »d 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)
Translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin & Leonard Mades.« less