Alejandro andres zambra infantas is a chilean poet, short story writer and novelist. Named a best book of 2015 by npr, the boston globe, and electric literature. Whether chronicling the attempts of a migraineafflicted writer to quit smoking or the loneliness of the callcentre worker, the life of a personal computer or the return of a mercurial godson, this collection of stories evokes the. My documents by alejandro zambra 2015, paperback for. Read or download my documents book by alejandro zambra. Alejandro zambra is the author of my documents, which was a finalist for the frank oconnor international short story award, and three previous novels. My documents is the fourth book by alejandro zambra to be translated into english this one very ably by megan mcdowell.
Alejandro zambra is a chilean writer, poet, and critic. Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, ebook and audiobook. Archived in a folder on award winning author alejandro zambra s desktop are 11 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 bloodlettingarchived in a folder on. All of them are very short and strikingly original, and display a wry selfconsciousness about the obligations, difficulties, and pleasures of writing fiction. My documents is the latest work from alejandro zambra, the awardwinning chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in chilean literature, and described by junot diaz as a total knockout.
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