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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 4.37 avg rating — 22,741 ratings — published 2020 — 33 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) 3.70 avg rating — 17,275 ratings — published 2006	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 — 13,040 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Private Lives of Trees by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Megan McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 11,035 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Megan McDowell (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.90 avg rating — 6,583 ratings — published 2014 — 34 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 4.24 avg rating — 5,581 ratings — published 2023 — 16 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 — 4,498 ratings — published 2013 — 29 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 — 2,311 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 — 1,389 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
	No leer 3.96 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 2010 — 12 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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Ipotesi di una sconfitta di Giorgio Falco

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Bussola di Mathias Énard

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Gli imperdonabili di Cristina Campo

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Ossa nel deserto di Sergio González Rodríguez

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La pentola dell'oro di James Stephens

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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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