Ways of Going Home

Ways of Going Home

by Alejandro Zambra (Author)

Synopsis

A young boy plays hide and seek in the suburbs of Santiago, unaware that his neighbours are becoming entangled in the brutality of Pinochet's regime. Then one night a mysterious girl appears in his neighbourhood and makes a life-changing request.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Granta
Published: 03 Oct 2013

ISBN 10: 1847086276
ISBN 13: 9781847086273
Book Overview: A rising star of Latin American literature, and one of Granta's Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists
Prizes: Shortlisted for Premio Las Americas de Novela 2012. Long-listed for Le Prix Medicis 2012.

Author Bio
Alejandro Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile in 1975. He is the author of two books of poems, Bahia Inutil and Mudanza; a collection of essays, No leer; and three novels, Bonsai, which was awarded a Chilean Critics Award for best novel, The Private Lives of Trees, and Ways of Going Home, which was awarded the Altazor Prize, selected by The National Book Council as the best Chilean novel published during 2012, and won an English Pen Award. He was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogota39 list.