by José Donoso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789562390309
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«La misteriosa desaparición de la marquesita de Loria» is the novel by José Donoso, published by Alfaguara in paperback (164 pages, in Spanish).
The work revolves around the disappearance of a young marquise in a small town; the event gives rise to an investigation full of secrets and intrigues. Donoso uses this plot to portray identity, class differences and the decline of the aristocracy.
For readers interested in Spanish-American narrative and the authors of the Latin American boom.
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.
