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La Vida Privada de Los Arboles
La Vida Privada de Los Arboles | Alejandro Zambra
6 posts | 11 read | 6 to read
The story begins on an afternoon in 1984, with a boy watching television. It ends with the inevitable conjecture on the life of Daniela, Veronicas daughter, aged 20, aged 30, after a great deal of time has passed since her stepfather told her stories about trees. Why read and write books in a world that is about to snap? This question is ever present among the pages of this book, a novel which solidifies Alejandro Zambras position as one of the most interesting writers from the younger generation
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Flavius
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It is a very short read. About a man who's waiting for his wife to come home. But there's a time shift that makes it more interesting.
Good but not great.

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ReadingEnvy
The Private Lives of Trees | Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell
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I'm slowly making my way through Open Letter's first 75, purchased by my library. This is a novella about a man waiting for his wife to come home while he's taking care of his stepdaughter. It's memory and thought based rather than plot based, similar to The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker. Translated from the Spanish, the author is from Chile.

Dulcinella I enjoyed her books a lot! 7y
ReadingEnvy Isn't Alejandro male? 7y
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DavidBookwormPopovich
The Private Lives of Trees | Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell

So I just learned about Open Letter books and I might be talking about them very quickly. I love world literature!

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sofiaga
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The remedy for a really hot afternoon.

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Mjk20a
The Private Lives of Trees | Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell
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Zambra's situations are always interesting, can't wait for Multiple Choice