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lachelle45's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
brujxdtxs's review against another edition
5.0
Leer a Zambra es como regresar a una habitación conocida, aunque no sea propia, pero donde se encuentra la comodidad. Después de un año (¡un año!), me sigue llenando de alegría sentir nuevamente la emoción que me despierta leerlo, con pinceladas tan exactas que retratan un cuadro conocido.
"La vida privada de los árboles", me dejó sorprendido. Pensé que me llamaría menos de lo que en realidad lo hizo. La historia gira en torno a la espera de Verónica, la esposa del protagonista, pero esa espera se transforma en algo más: una posibilidad. Zambra captura magistralmente cómo a menudo nos aferramos a la espera, cuando en realidad, múltiples caminos y formas yacen ante nosotros, esperando a ser explorados.
También, estoy leyendo a Zambra por parte de mi círculo de lectura donde vamos a leer su último libro "Literatura infantil" y estoy viendo cómo su literatura se va apuntando hacia allá, hablar de ser padres y no-padres. Que padre!
"La vida privada de los árboles", me dejó sorprendido. Pensé que me llamaría menos de lo que en realidad lo hizo. La historia gira en torno a la espera de Verónica, la esposa del protagonista, pero esa espera se transforma en algo más: una posibilidad. Zambra captura magistralmente cómo a menudo nos aferramos a la espera, cuando en realidad, múltiples caminos y formas yacen ante nosotros, esperando a ser explorados.
También, estoy leyendo a Zambra por parte de mi círculo de lectura donde vamos a leer su último libro "Literatura infantil" y estoy viendo cómo su literatura se va apuntando hacia allá, hablar de ser padres y no-padres. Que padre!
briandice's review against another edition
5.0
When I travel taking photographs of trees is one of my favorite things to do.
Colorado 2006
Life is a huge album for creating an instantaneous past, with loud and definite colors.
A single tree, a private tree, is a visual anomaly. Without others, they can look...
Lonely
Maasai Mara 2010
Bashful
Athens 2009
or even, like they might eat you
Kilkenny 2008
In San Francisco, we even point out a tree in its state of alone-ness
Alejandro Zambra's beautiful novella reminds the reader how very much like trees we humans are. It is entirely possible to live a private and solitary life, but is that really living? We watch the world through the protagonist Julián's eyes: we understand his need for others - he mirrors our lives. When he decides to care for a bonsai the allegory to a solitary human existence isn't lost on us. It is what happens when Julián decides he wants to surround himself with others, his own personal copse, that we see him bloom.
Solitude has turned against her.
Zambra writes perfectly that we may be a world of lonely atoms, but we need each other. Is this what Le Guin meant when she titled a book The Word for World is Forest?
Washington 2006
Colorado 2006
Life is a huge album for creating an instantaneous past, with loud and definite colors.
A single tree, a private tree, is a visual anomaly. Without others, they can look...
Lonely
Maasai Mara 2010
Bashful
Athens 2009
or even, like they might eat you
Kilkenny 2008
In San Francisco, we even point out a tree in its state of alone-ness
Alejandro Zambra's beautiful novella reminds the reader how very much like trees we humans are. It is entirely possible to live a private and solitary life, but is that really living? We watch the world through the protagonist Julián's eyes: we understand his need for others - he mirrors our lives. When he decides to care for a bonsai the allegory to a solitary human existence isn't lost on us. It is what happens when Julián decides he wants to surround himself with others, his own personal copse, that we see him bloom.
Solitude has turned against her.
Zambra writes perfectly that we may be a world of lonely atoms, but we need each other. Is this what Le Guin meant when she titled a book The Word for World is Forest?
Washington 2006
vanloonsgeography's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
kindlepixie's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
No entendí absolutamente nada. Me quedé esperando que ocurriera algo interesante y nunca llegó.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
in_atoms's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75