Chilean Poet

Chilean Poet
Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell
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Trade Paperback
h212 x 138mm - 368pg
14 Feb 2023 US
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9780143109204
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Gonzalo is a frustrated would-be poet in a city full of poets; poets lurk in every bookshop, prop up every bar, ready to debate the merits of Teillier and Millan (but never Neruda - beyond the pale). Then, nine years after their bewildering breakup, Gonzalo reunites with his teen sweetheart, Carla, who is now, to his surprise, the mother of a young son, Vicente. Soon they form a happy sort-of family - a stepfamily, though no such word exists in their language. In time, fate and ambition pull the lovers apart, but when it comes to love and poetry, what will be Gonzalo' s legacy to his not-quite-stepson Vicente? Zambra chronicles with tenderness and insight the everyday moments - absurd, painful, sexy, sweet, profound - that constitute family life in this bold and brilliant new novel.
Born in Santiago, Chile in 1975, Alejandro Zambra is one of Latin America' s foremost living writers. He is the author of numerous award-winning poetry collections and novels, including Ways of Going Home, which won an English Pen Award, and Multiple Choice. He was selected as one of Granta' s Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogota39 list.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780143109204
Published: 14 Feb 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Penguin USA
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 212mm
Width: 138mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 368

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