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My Documents

By Alejandro Zambra
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My Documents is a collection of short stories by Alejandro Zambra that delves into themes of love, memory, and identity. Each story uniquely captures various aspects of life in Chile, blending autobiographical elements with fiction. Zambra's distinctive narrative style combines humour and melancholy to explore personal and universal experiences.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate a collection of deeply personal and profoundly introspective stories. It explores themes of memory, identity, and the ordinary moments that define us, with a lyrical style that touches the heart. Readers who enjoy reflective and poignant narratives intertwined with flashes of humour and insight are likely to find this a compelling read.

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My Documents

Intimate, mysterious, and uncanny, these stories reveal a mind that is as undeniably singular as it is universal.

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Archived in a folder on award-winning author Alejandro Zambra's desktop are eleven stories of liars and ghosts, armed bandits and young lovers. Intimate, mysterious, and uncanny, these stories reveal a mind that is as undeniably singular as it is universal. Together, they constitute the debut short-story collection from Zambra, whose first novel was heralded as a 'bloodletting in Chilean literature.'

Whether chronicling the return of a mercurial godson or the disappearance of a trusted cousin, the worlds of these stories are so powerful and deep that the works might better be described as brief novels.

My Documents is by turns hilarious and heart-stopping, tragic and tender, but most of all, it is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers.

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My Documents by Alejandro Zambra is praised as an extraordinary collection of stories that blend the vitality of storytelling with an examination of Chilean history. Reviews highlight its originality, thought-provoking nature, and Zambra's unique voice, which combines humour, anguish, and poetry. The book is seen as a significant addition to Zambra's oeuvre, bringing him to new heights in literary acclaim.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780992974787

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 April 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Contributors:

  • Translated by Megan McDowell
  • Translated by Megan McDowell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 125.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 228

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About the Author

Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean writer, poet, and critic. He currently teaches literature at the Diego Portales University in Santiago. His first novel, Bonsai, was awarded Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel. Also the author of The Private Lives of Trees, and Ways of Going Home, he was selected as one of the Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists by Granta in 2010. He lives in Santiago, Chile.

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