Zambra: novels made of memories

Hi there, today I'm going to tell you about one of my favorite's writers. His name is Alejandro Zambra, a Chilean author born inSantiago in 1975, who has written novels and poetry. He's part of a new generation of Chilean writers, who has written about the post dictatorial Chile and the subjects that appear in the context of a new economic structure (the neoliberalism) and new social relations.

In that context, Zambra is part of the “autofiction” movement, which can be describe as a narrative style based on the memory of the author himself. He takes element of his own life, his childhood and other moments to make a mix between fiction and autobiography. One of the most famous novels of Zambra is “Bonsai”, which narrates -in two different lapses of time- the story of Ana and Julio, two university students that met in Valdivia while they were in college. Bonsai is a short novel about love, reading and suicide, because, as the beginning of the book tells itself, one of the protagonists die at the end of the story. In any way, I think Zambra is a great author to young people, and a would recommended it in case you want to read something “light” but deeply realistic at the same time.  

 

Finally, I think you must have read something interesting during you were in high school so, why don’t you recommend me some interesting novel to read during winter vacations?