Alejandro Zambra

Oct 8, 2024 | lithub.com | Alejandro Zambra

You want the book about the mole, which you’ve been reading with your mother all the time lately, but it’s in French, a language I speak badly—“You do know French, Dad,” you say, to encourage me. I was expecting you to complain, even cry, but instead you talk to me as if you were the father and I a boy with stage fright. Article continues after advertisementI search your shelves for that elusive little rectangular book with the hope of not finding it, but I see it right away.

Jul 22, 2024 | interferencia.cl | Alejandro Zambra

Recientemente el New York Times publicó el top 100 de los mejores libros del siglo XXI que elaboró en base a la opinión de 503 novelistas, escritores de no ficción, poetas y críticos. En el ranking, figuran tres obras nacionales, "2666" y "Los detectives salves" de Roberto Bolaño y "Un verdor terrible" de Benjamín Labatut.

Nov 30, 2023 | as-coa.org | Alejandro Zambra |Megan McDowell |Luisa Leme |Chase Harrison

Most of us can easily name Latin American authors we love. Whether it’s Gabriel García Márquez, Clarice Lispector, or Valeria Luiselli, authors from the region are beloved across the world. But did you know that it wasn’t until 1890 that the first translation of a Latin American book was completed? In this episode of Latin America in Focus, we are spotlighting the underappreciated heroes who enable that exchange: translators.

Nov 30, 2023 | as-coa.org | Alejandro Zambra |Megan McDowell |Luisa Leme |Chase Harrison

By Luisa Leme and Chase Harrison Translators Megan McDowell and Esther Allen discuss the state of Latin American letters in English and honor the legacy of Edith Grossman. Most of us can easily name Latin American authors we love. Whether it’s Gabriel García Márquez, Clarice Lispector, or Valeria Luiselli, authors from the region are beloved across the world. But did you know that it wasn’t until 1890 that the first translation of a Latin American book was completed?

Oct 16, 2023 | epe.es | Alejandro Zambra

3 Se lee en minutos El escritor chileno Alejandro Zambra / Debo haber tenido doce años cuando un pasajero despistado olvidó en el taxi de mi tío Fidel Poemas de un novelista y El jardín de al lado, dos libros de José Donoso que no modificaron mi adolescencia, pero que leí con interés. No eran las obras ideales, por cierto, para ingresar al universo donosiano, quizás por eso afronté luego con cierta desconfianza su novela Coronación, que figurabaen la lista de lecturas obligatorias. Recuerdo...