{"product_id":"childish-literature-paperback","title":"Childish Literature - 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\"Hopeful, funny, and full of wisdom. A meditation on fatherhood by one of our most perceptive writers.\" --Tara Westover, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003ci\u003e Educated\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Documents \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, a wise, humorous, and captivating literary exploration of the delights and absurdities of childhood, fatherhood, and family life \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildish Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis a charming and wide-ranging collection of short stories, essays, and even a couple of poems produced under the influence of fatherhood, a transformative experience that reshapes and enlivens the author's relationship to aging, intimacy, and time. Written in Alejandro Zambra's brilliantly warm, playful, and philosophical voice, these pieces explore the lives of families and their stories through a wide variety of topics--from screen time and \"soccer sadness\" to personal libraries, fishing, and psychedelics. Throughout, Zambra captures the texture of daily life and deep truths about how we feel and live, with particular insight into the ways parents and children challenge, enrich, and entertain each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimultaneously lighthearted and profound, and brilliantly rendered by National Book Award-winning translator Megan McDowell, \u003ci\u003eChildish Literature \u003c\/i\u003eis an intimate and unclassifiable new work by an internationally celebrated writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, as well as a New York Public Library Cullman Center fellowship, he has published fiction and essays 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 Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He lives in Mexico City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is the winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translation and the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other awards. She has been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758518206752,"sku":"9780143138082","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/439270380bca222da2d846ca1f3f656b_42525292-4ca3-4d7e-a95d-a6aa6efa8401.webp?v=1780128541","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/childish-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}