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Gonzalo is a frustrated would-be poet in a city full of poets; poets lurk in every bookshop, prop up every bar, ready to debate the merits of Teillier and Millan (but never Neruda - beyond the pale). Then, nine years after their bewildering breakup, Gonza
Verónica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a
How do we write about the singular experience of parenthood? Written in a state of attachment, or under the influence of fatherhood, Childish Literature is an eclectic guide for novice parents, showing how the birth and growth of a child changes not only
In Not to Read , Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading that also offers a kind of blurry self-portrait, or literary autobiography. Whether writing about Natalia Ginzburg, typewriters and computers, Paul Léautaud, or how to be sile
Bonsai is the story of Julio and Emilia, two young Chilean students who, seeking truth in great literature, find each other instead. Like all young couples, they lie to each other, revise themselves, and try new identities on for size, observing and analy
"Brilliant, innovative, beautiful." -- The Guardian "Dazzling...a work of parody, but also of poetry." -- The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE GUARDIAN, AND THE IRISH TIMES "Latin Amer
A brilliant novel from "the herald of a new wave of Chilean fiction" (Marcela Valdes, The Nation ) Alejandro Zambra's Ways of Going Home begins with an earthquake, seen through the eyes of an unnamed nine-year-old boy who lives in an undisti
My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. Whether chronicling the attempts of a migraine-afflicted writer to quit smoking or the l
The landmark first story collection from internationally acclaimed author Alejandro Zambra, now featuring five additional stories and an introduction by his longtime collaborator, Megan McDowell An early desktop computer becomes the third partner in a doo
"Hopeful, funny, and full of wisdom. A meditation on fatherhood by one of our most perceptive writers." --Tara Westover, author of Educated From the author of My Documents and Chilean Poet , a wise, humorous, and captivating literary exploration