![]() ![]() It’s difficult to try to figure out the shape of the narrative, but it’s written in such eloquent, stripped-back prose, the story slips down as easy as hot chocolate - though the themes are far from sweet. There’s an ephemeral quality to it, like waking from a pleasant dream knowing you will never be able to recapture the feeling of it. I read his second novella, The Private Life of Trees, in 2011 and was intrigued enough to want to read his latest, Ways of Going Home, which won the 2013 English PEN Award for outstanding writing in translation.īut reviewing this short work of fiction is not a straightforward task. ![]() He was named on the Bogotá39 list (39 of the most promising Latin American writers under the age of 39) in 2007 and selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists in 2010. Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.Īlejandro Zambra has been described as the most important Chilean author since Roberto Bolaño. Fiction- paperback Granta 139 pages 2013. ![]()
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