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Childish literature / Alejandro Zambra ; translated by Megan McDowell.

Zambra, Alejandro, 1975- (author.). McDowell, Megan, (translator.).

Summary:

"Childish Literature is a charming and wide-ranging collection of short stories, essays, and even a couple of poems produced under the influence of fatherhood, a transformative experience that reshapes and enlivens the author's relationship to aging, intimacy, and time. Written in Alejandro Zambra's brilliantly warm, playful, and philosophical voice, these pieces explore the lives of families and their stories through a wide variety of topics--from screen time and 'soccer sadness' to personal libraries, fishing, and psychedelics. Throughout, Zambra captures the texture of daily life and deep truths about how we feel and live, with particular insight into the ways parents and children challenge, enrich, and entertain each other. Simultaneously lighthearted and profound, and brilliantly rendered by National Book Award-winning translator Megan McDowell, Childish Literature is an intimate and unclassifiable new work by an internationally celebrated writer"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143138082 (paperback)
ISBN: 0143138081 (paperback)
Physical Description: 214 pages ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Childish literature -- Jennifer Zambra -- Trip and crawl (Teonanácatl blues) -- Good morning, night -- French for beginners -- Crowd -- Screen time -- Childhood's childhood -- The kid with no dad -- Skyscrapers -- An introduction to soccer sadness -- Blue-eyed muggers -- Late lessons in fly-fishing -- Message to my son.