The prose is subtle, suggestive, playful, steeped in irony. Bonsai is accessible yet profoundas one critic in chiles capital newspaper put it, brief as a sigh and forceful as a blow. Praise for alejandro zambras bonsai the last truly great book i read has to be alejandro zambras bonsai. Praise for alejandro zambra s bonsai the last truly great book i read has to be alejandro zambra s bonsai. Bookslut bonsai by alejandro zambra, translated by. Alejandro zambra is the author of my documents, which was a finalist for the frank oconnor international short story award, and three previous novels. It was awarded chiles literary critics award for best novel. Bonsai by zambra, alejandro and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Zo begint bonsai, alejandro zambras internationaal bejubelde debuut. Bonsai, seu primeiro romance, foi traduzido em diversos paises.
Just as the silence between notes in a musical composition can define a work, so too do the silences in bonsai define. Zambra accomplishes in 86 pages what other writers take hundreds of pages to accomplish. Winner of chiles literary critics award for best novel hailed as a great latin american literary event, this stylist. It is a love story, of sorts, and zambra lays it out clearly right from the getgo, the opening paragraph explaining. Julio en emilia ontmoeten elkaar tijdens hun studie. Bonsai the contemporary art of the novella alejandro zambra melville hose, pg 83 in someways i thought bonsai was quite interesting, and brevity, one of the defining features of the book, should be commended since it is so easy to fill up novels with pointless digressions. His books have been translated into more than ten languages and have received several international prizes. Alejandro zambra, bonsai alejandro zambras, bonsai, is as delicate as the miniature tree its named after. Pero escribir y leer son experiencias totalmente distintas. He is the author of bonsai, the private lives of trees, ways of going home, my documents and multiple choice.
Alejandro zambra nasceu em santiago, no chile, em 1975. Read bonsai a novel by alejandro zambra available from rakuten kobo. Through both the distance and closeness of these young lovers, alejandro zambra brilliantly explores the relationship between art, love, and life. Bonsai by alejandro zambra overdrive rakuten overdrive. A historia vai narrar o inicio e o fim do amor entre julio e emilia. Still, each of these volumes should be considered a marvel of book design and production since in interviews the author has let. Bonsai e o primeiro romance do escritor chileno contemporaneo alejandro zambra. Julio vivas ilustrac i n d e l e slie l e p p e a le jan d ro z am b ra, 2 0 0 6. Alejandro zambra goodreads author, josely vianna baptista translator isbn. He is a poet and critic and currently teaches literature at the diego portales university in santiago. The bonsais uselessly autotelic function can seem uncomfortably close to that of the novel. Bonsai won the chilean critics award for the best novel of the year in 2006, and it is one of the 10 shortlisted books for the best translated book of 2008 by three percent.
Bonsai ebook published april 20 by cosac naify ebook, 96 pages authors. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Bonsai won the chilean critics award for the best novel of the year in 2006, and it is one of the 10 shortlisted books for the best translated book of. Bonsai is an appealing miniature, a novella that, despite its brevity, feels airy and full. The writing in english is so exquisite that the original spanish must be really exquisite. Alejandro zambra is a chilean poet whose first excursion into fiction bonsai created a literary sensation.
Mar 30, 2012 alejandro zambra is a chilean poet whose first excursion into fiction bonsai created a literary sensation. Bonsai is accessible yet profoundas one critic in chiles capital. Alejandro zambra brilliantly explores the relationship between art, love, and life. Ways of going home, the private lives of trees, and bonsai. Bonsai ebook alejandro zambra descargar libro pdf o epub. A subtle, eerie, ultimately wrenching account of failed young love in chile among the kind of smartypant set who pillowtalk about the importance of proust. Bonsai alejandro zambra narrativa hispanoamericana. Alejandro zambra nasceu em 1975, em santiago do chile. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bonsai. Indeed, zambras work displays a deep ambivalence, amounting to a kind of shame, toward fictionmaking. His poetic talent infuses every page of this little novel. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a. Bonsai unknown edition by zambra, alejandro 2012 on.