{"product_id":"bonsai-paperback","title":"Bonsai - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sublime . . . true and beautiful and moving.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writers\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003enow in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first published in 2006, then-literary critic and poet Alejandro Zambra's first novel, \u003ci\u003eBonsai, \u003c\/i\u003ecaused a sensation. \"It was said,\" according to Chile's newspaper of record, \u003ci\u003eEl Mercurio, \u003c\/i\u003e\"that it represented the end of an era, or the beginning of another, in the nation's letters.\" 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Documents\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; and three other works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWays of Going Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives in Mexico City. \u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell (translator)\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other awards, and has been short- or long-listed three times \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efor the Booker International prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 7.79 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698007871551,"sku":"9780143136507","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/370859c101e1e332a770e6ae41e050fe.webp?v=1765009923","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/bonsai-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}