{"product_id":"chilean-poet-paperback","title":"Chilean Poet - 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\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eTOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e ONE OF NPR'S \"BOOKS WE LOVE\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tender and funny story about love, family and the peculiar position of being a stepparent...[\u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebroadens the author's scope and quite likely his international reputation.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Zambra [is] one of the most brilliant Latin American writers of his generation.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Zambra's books have long shown him to be a writer who, at the sentence level, is in a world all his own.\" --Juan Vidal, NPR.org \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA writer of \"startling talent\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Alejandro Zambra returns with his most substantial work yet: a story of fathers and sons, ambition and failure, and what it means to make a family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a chance encounter at a Santiago nightclub, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his first love, Carla. Though their desire for each other is still intact, much has changed: among other things, Carla now has a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family--a stepfamily, though no such word exists in their language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEventually, their ambitions pull the lovers in different directions--in Gonzalo's case, all the way to New York. Though Gonzalo takes his books when he goes, still, Vicente inherits his ex-stepfather's love of poetry. When, at eighteen, Vicente meets Pru, an American journalist literally and figuratively lost in Santiago, he encourages her to write about Chilean poets--not the famous, dead kind, your Nerudas or Mistrals or Bolaños, but rather the living, striving, everyday ones. Pru's research leads her into this eccentric community--another kind of family, dysfunctional but ultimately loving. Will it also lead Vicente and Gonzalo back to each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, Alejandro Zambra chronicles with enormous tenderness and insight the small moments--sexy, absurd, painful, sweet, profound--that make up our personal histories. Exploring how we choose our families and how we betray them, and what it means to be a man in relationships--a partner, father, stepfather, teacher, lover, writer, and friend--it is a bold and brilliant new work by one of the most important writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBonsai\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMy Documents\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, as well as a New York Public Library Cullman Center fellowship, his stories have appeared 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 (translator)\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been short- or long-listed four times for the International Booker Prize. She lives in Santiago, Chile.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753847652640,"sku":"9780143109204","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f641e09ee4498b5774159c582e916b0.webp?v=1780028337","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chilean-poet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}