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.
Childish Literature - Alejandro Zambra
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…
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Autor: Alejandro Zambra
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: 2024
Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Pages: 86
Length × Width × Height: 22 × 15 × 1.5 cm
Article Number: 39668
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: 2024
Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Pages: 86
Length × Width × Height: 22 × 15 × 1.5 cm
Article Number: 39668