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Childish Literature
By (author) Alejandro Zambra, Translated by Megan McDowell
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How do we write about the singular experience of parenthood? Written in a ‘state of attachment’, or ‘under the influence’ of fatherhood, Childish Literature is an eclectic guide for novice parents, showing how the birth and growth of a child changes not only the present and the future, but also reshapes our perceptions of the past. Shifting from moving dispatches from his son’s first year of existence, to a treatise on ‘football sadness’, to a psychedelic narrative where a man tries, mid-magic mushroom trip, to re-learn the subtle art of crawling, this latest work from Alejandro Zambra shows how children shield adults from despondency, self-absorption and the tyrannies of chronological time. At once a chronicle of fatherhood, a letter to a child and a work of fiction, Childish Literature is the latest, virtuosic addition to the oeuvre of one of the most exciting Latin American writers in recent decades.
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Publisher | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published date | 24 Oct 2024
Language | English
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 216
Dimensions | 197 x 125 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-8042-7110-0
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BISAC | fiction / literary
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Carlo Rovelli
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).
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Carlo Rovelli
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