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Hell Has No Limits
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Wikipedia article
'Hell Has No Limits' (, "The Place Without Limits") is a 1966 novel written by Chilean Jos Donoso. The novel is set south of the Chilean capital, Santiago, in a small town near the regional center of Talca. It tells the story of a bordello, and details the prostitutes' way of life. The main character is Manuela, the transgender woman who owns the bordello. A number of other memorable characters are introduced. The novel was well received, and Donoso himself considered it his best work: "the most perfect, with fewest errors, the most complete".Cited in Selena Millares' "Introduccin" to the Ctedra edition of the novel, p. 56, n. 70.
Title
The title 'Hell Has No Limits' refers to a line in Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus, where the character Mephistophilis says:
:::'Hell hath no limits', nor is circumscrib'd
:::In one self place; for where we are is hell,
:::And where hell is, there must we ever be.
::::'Doctor Faustus', Act II, scene i, line 118
Film adaptation
In 1978, the book was made into a film of the same name.
Editions available
* Carlos Fuentes / Jos Donoso / Severo Sarduy (1972). 'Triple Cross: Holy Place / Hell Has No Limits / From Cuba with a Song', Dutton.
* . Trans. Suzanne Jill Devine.
* . Trans. Suzanne Jill Devine.
Notes
Category:1966 novels
Category:Novels by Jos Donoso
Category:Chilean novels adapted into films
Category:Novels about prostitution
Category:Prostitution in Chile
Category:1960s LGBT novels
Category:Novels with transgender themes
Category:Novels set in Chile
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