Category: Adults, General Fiction, Short Story
Language: EnglishKeywords: Novella Spanish Literature
Written by Alejandro Zambra
Read by Gisela ChÃpe
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
âSublime . . . true and beautiful and moving.â âThe New York Times Book Review
The landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writersânow in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator
When it was first published in 2006, then-literary critic and poet Alejandro Zambraâs first novel, Bonsai, caused a sensation. âIt was said,â according to Chileâs newspaper of record, El Mercurio, âthat it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nationâs letters.â Zambra would go on to become a writer of international renown, winning prizes in Chile and around the world for his funny, tender, sly fictions.
Here, in a brilliant new translation from four-time International Booker Prize nominee Megan McDowell, is the little book that started it all: The story of Julio and Emilia, two Chilean university students who, seeking truth in great literature, find one another instead. As they fall together and drift apart over the course of young adulthood, Zambra spins an emotionally engrossing, expertly distilled, formally inventive tale of love, art, and memory.
Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
Release date: 08-02-22
âSublime . . . true and beautiful and moving.â âThe New York Times Book Review
The landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writersânow in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator
When it was first published in 2006, then-literary critic and poet Alejandro Zambraâs first novel, Bonsai, caused a sensation. âIt was said,â according to Chileâs newspaper of record, El Mercurio, âthat it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nationâs letters.â Zambra would go on to become a writer of international renown, winning prizes in Chile and around the world for his funny, tender, sly fictions.
Here, in a brilliant new translation from four-time International Booker Prize nominee Megan McDowell, is the little book that started it all: The story of Julio and Emilia, two Chilean university students who, seeking truth in great literature, find one another instead. As they fall together and drift apart over the course of young adulthood, Zambra spins an emotionally engrossing, expertly distilled, formally inventive tale of love, art, and memory.
Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
Release date: 08-02-22