Ways of Going Home

Jan 2013 · Granta Books

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A young boy plays hide and seek in the suburbs of Santiago, unaware that his neighbours are becoming entangled in the brutality of Pinochet's regime. Then one night a mysterious girl appears in his neighbourhood and makes a life-changing request.

About the author

Alejandro Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile in 1975. He is the author of two books of poems, Baha Intil and Mudanza; a collection of essays, No leer; and three novels, Bonsi, which was awarded a Chilean Critics Award for best novel, The Private Lives of Trees, and Ways of Going Home, which was awarded the Altazor Prize, selected by The National Book Council as the best Chilean novel published during 2012, and won an English Pen Award. He was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogot39 list.

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