by José Donoso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432223471
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Coronation is the first novel by the renowned Chilean writer José Donoso, published in 1957. The work, grotesque and realistic in style, explores themes such as social decay, identity, transgression, and madness. Set in a decadent house of the Santiago aristocracy, the novel tells the story of Andrés Valdivia, a bachelor who falls in love with a disturbed young woman who bursts into his life. Through eccentric characters and extreme situations, Donoso offers a scathing critique of Chilean society of the time and the human condition.
José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain. Although he stated that he had left Chile in the 1960s for personal reasons, after 1973 his exile was also a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He returned to Chile in 1981 and lived there until his death in 1996.
