by Alejandro Zambra · Uitgeverij Karaat · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789079770038
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«Het verborgen leven van bomen» is the Dutch-language novel by Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, published by Uitgeverij Karaat in paperback (105 pages).
The plot unfolds over one night: Julián, a literature professor and aspiring writer, looks after Daniela, the daughter of his partner Verónica, while waiting for her to return from her drawing class. The wait becomes a journey through memory and imagination in which Julián reconstructs their life together and fantasises about a future without Verónica.
Dutch translation by Luc De Rooy. Original work: «La vida privada de los árboles» (2007). Zambra's second novel, published in 2010.
For readers of contemporary Latin American narrative and brief, introspective literary fiction.
Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas is a Chilean poet, short-story writer and novelist. He has been recognized for his talent as a young Latin American writer, chosen in 2007 as one of the "Bogotá39" and in 2010 by Granta as one of the best Spanish-language writers under the age of 35.
