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by Alejandro Zambra (Author), Megan McDowell (Translator)
"Sublime . . . true and beautiful and moving." --The New York Times Book Review
The landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writers--now in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator
Author Biography
Alejandro Zambra is the author of Multiple Choice; My Documents, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; and three other works of fiction: Chilean Poet, Ways of Going Home, and The Private Lives of Trees. The recipient of numerous literary prizes in Chile and around the world, as well as a Cullman Center Fellowship, he has had stories published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Harper's, among others. He lives in Mexico City. Megan McDowell (translator) is the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other awards, and has been short- or long-listed three times for the Booker International prize.
