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The Garden Next Door

The Garden Next Door

Author(s): Jose Donoso

Location(s): Madrid

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

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Julio, a writer from Chile and his wife are suffering a bit of a marital crisis. They are offered the chance to stay in a luxurious apartment in Madrid one Summer. Julio begins to fantasize about a beautiful woman in the garden next door. Various characters upset the rhythm of the summer.

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A thoroughly engaging and moving, flawed characters but sympathetically portrayed

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