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Childish Literature

Childish Literature

Zambra, Alejandro
McDowell, Megan

Paperback

HumorGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0143138081
ISBN13: 9780143138082
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Oct 8 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
Hopeful, funny, and full of wisdom. A meditation on fatherhood by one of our most perceptive writers. --Tara Westover, author of Educated

With playfulness and sharp insight, [Zambra] turns everyday moments into something unforgettable, blending wit and heart in every page. --Los Angeles Times

Defies not only conventions of literary masculinity but also an entrenched, persistent vision of fatherhood as part of a man's private rather than public life. --The Atlantic

From the author of My Documents and Chilean Poet, a wise, humorous, and captivating literary exploration of the delights and absurdities of childhood, fatherhood, and family life

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.

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