{"product_id":"the-private-lives-of-trees-paperback","title":"The Private Lives of Trees - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel by the internationally celebrated writer Alejandro Zambra, a \"short and strikingly original\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) book about the stories we spin for ourselves and our loved ones--now reissued by Penguin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVeronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man tending to a bonsai tree on the weekends. He is a narrator, an architect, a chronicler of other people's stories. But as the night stretches on before him, and the hours pass with no sign of Veronica, Julián finds himself caught up in the slipstream of the story of his life--of their lives together. What combination of desire and coincidence led them here, to this very night? What will the future--and possibly motherless--Daniela think of him and his stories? Why tell stories at all? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second novel by acclaimed Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, \u003ci\u003eThe Private Lives of Trees \u003c\/i\u003eoverflows with his signature wit and his gift for crafting short novels that manage to contain whole worlds.\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 nominated four times \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efor the Booker International prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5.1 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":51760861282592,"sku":"9780143136514","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/476fc0843723feb4206bfc6decf68295.webp?v=1780192135","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-private-lives-of-trees-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}