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Alejandro Zambra

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Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean writer. He is the author of Bonsai, The Private Lives of Trees, Ways of Going Home, My Documents, Multiple Choice, Not to Read, Chilean Poet and Childish Literature. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, Harper's, Zoetrope, and McSweeney’s, among other places. ...more

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	Poeta chileno 4.35 avg rating — 25,684 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 18,527 ratings — published 2006 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Formas de volver a casa 3.94 avg rating — 13,868 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Private Lives of Trees by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Megan McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 11,697 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literatura infantil 4.23 avg rating — 6,271 ratings — published 2023 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Megan McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.90 avg rating — 6,799 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Documents by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Megan McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 4,655 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonsái / La vida privada de los árboles 3.90 avg rating — 2,432 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tema libre 3.98 avg rating — 1,486 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un cuento de Navidad by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Andrés Braithwaite (Foreword) 4.22 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What's the purpose of being with someone if they don't change your life? She said that, and Julio was present when she said it: that life only had purpose if you found someone who changed it, who destroyed your life.”
― Alejandro Zambra, Bonsaï

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“To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it.”
― Alejandro Zambra, Formas de volver a casa

tags: act-of-reading, act-of-writing, alejandro-zambra, bonsai, inspiring-writers, reading, ways-of-going-home, writing

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“¿Qué sentido tiene estar con alguien si no te cambia la vida?
[...] la vida sólo tenía sentido si encontrabas a alguien que te la cambiara, que destruyera tu vida.”
― Alejandro Zambra

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Cosa vorreste leggere a Luglio?

Questa è l'acqua di David Foster Wallace

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Umami di Laia Jufresa

8 votes, 15.1%

Gilead di Marilynne Robinson

6 votes, 11.3%

Nel cuore della notte di Marco Rossari

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L'Iguana di Anna Maria Ortese

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IRO IRO: Il Giappone tra pop e sublime di Giorgio Amitrano

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La foresta della notte di Djuna Barnes

3 votes, 5.7%

Ipotesi di una sconfitta di Giorgio Falco

2 votes, 3.8%

Bussola di Mathias Énard

2 votes, 3.8%

Gli imperdonabili di Cristina Campo

2 votes, 3.8%

Il pazzo dello zar di Jaan Kross

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Respirazione artificiale di Ricardo Piglia

1 vote, 1.9%

Ossa nel deserto di Sergio González Rodríguez

1 vote, 1.9%

La pentola dell'oro di James Stephens

1 vote, 1.9%

Cometa di Gregorio Magini

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Storia di Matilde di Giovanni Mariotti

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Storie di alberi e bonsai di Alejandro Zambra

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