Name: Bonsai Y La Vida Privada De Los árboles/ Bonsai & The Private Lives Of Trees (in English)
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Author: Alejandro Zambra
ISBN: 9781641080798

portada Bonsai Y La Vida Privada De Los árboles/ Bonsai & The Private Lives Of Trees (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alejandro Zambra

Publisher

Dreamspinner Press

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Pocket Book

ISBN13

9781641080798

Synopsis "Bonsai Y La Vida Privada De Los árboles/ Bonsai & The Private Lives Of Trees (in English)"

Ten years ago Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron George lost his wife and moved to Colton, hoping growing up in a small town would be better for his children. He’s gotten to know his community, including Mr. Larkin, the bouncy, funny science teacher. But when Larx is dragged unwillingly into administration, he stops coaching the track team and starts running alone. Aaron—who thought life began and ended with his kids—is distracted by a glistening chest and a principal running on a dangerous road. Larx has been living for his kids too—and for his students at Colton High. He’s not ready to be charmed by Aaron, but when they start running together, he comes to appreciate the deputy’s steadiness, humor, and complete understanding of Larx’s priorities. Children first, job second, his own interests a sad last. It only takes one kiss for two men approaching fifty to start acting like teenagers in love, even amid all the responsibilities they shoulder. Then an act of violence puts their burgeoning relationship on hold. The adult responsibilities they’ve embraced are now instrumental in keeping their town from exploding. When things come to a head, they realize their newly forged family might be what keeps the world from spinning out of control.

Alejandro Zambra

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Alejandro Zambra (Santiago de Chile, 1975) ha publicado entre otros, las novelas Bonsái (2006), La vida privada de los árboles (2007), Formas de volver a casa (2011) y Poeta chileno (2020), el libro de cuentos Mis documentos (2014), las colecciones de ensayos No leer (2018) y Tema libre (2019), y un par de libros bastante más difíciles de clasificar, como el particularísimo Facsímil, que Anagrama recuperó en 2021, y Literatura infantil (2023), una serie de relatos, de ficción y no ficción, sobre infancia y paternidad.

Sus novelas han sido traducidas a veinte lenguas, y sus relatos han aparecido en revistas como The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, Granta, Harper’s y McSweeney’s. Ha sido becario de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York y ha recibido, entre otras distinciones, el English Pen Award, el O. Henry Prize y el Premio Príncipe Claus.

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