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Alejandro Zambra

Alejandro Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile in 1975. He is the author of two books of poems, Bahía Inútil and Mudanza; a collection of essays, No leer; and three novels, Bonsái, which was awarded a Chilean Critics Award for best novel, The Private Lives of Trees, and Ways of Going Home, which was awarded the Altazor Prize, selected by The National Book Council as the best Chilean novel published during 2012, and won an English Pen Award. He was selected as one of Granta‘s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogotá39 list.

Publications

Books

Chilean Poet

Alejandro Zambra

£9.99

Fiction In Translation

Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

£9.99

Books

Multiple Choice

Alejandro Zambra

£8.99

Alejandro Zambra on Granta.com

Essays & Memoir | Issue 159

Essays & Memoir | Issue 159

Blue-Eyed Muggers

Alejandro Zambra

‘At every protest, when it was time to yell at the cops, I remembered my father and felt a turbulent emotion.’

Memoir by Alejandro Zambra on his father and his son.

Fiction | Issue 134

Fiction | Issue 134

Reading Comprehension: Text No. 2

Alejandro Zambra

‘Which of the following famous phrases best reflects the meaning of the text?’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Searching for Pavese

Alejandro Zambra

‘Something’s gone awry with this article. My intention was to remember, in his birthplace, a writer I admire, and it’s clear that my admiration has waned.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Introducing Daniel Galera

Alejandro Zambra

‘It’s hard to introduce Daniel Galera’s tale without resorting to adjectives that are more likely to arouse distrust than interest.’

Fiction | Issue 113

Fiction | Issue 113

Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

‘It was hard for me to understand how someone could live alone.’