The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are these tests that have been written by multiple people. — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
The ways in which a standardized language test induces storytelling, for example, is the opposite of creative writing; you have to learn a logical way to start a story, whereas in creative writing you may begin at the end or… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“...she feels a desire to go to the bridge, alone, to throw something over the rail, into the current—a photograph, a hat, anything; she… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“She knows that very soon Ernesto won't come back. She imagines herself disconcerted, then furious, and finally invaded by a decisive calm. It's all… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“The novel belongs to our parents, I thought then, I think now. That's what we grew up believing, that the novel belonged to our… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something. — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“Julián didn’t want to regain his love, since he had stopped loving her a long time ago. He had stopped loving her one second… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of.… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult:… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“What greater happiness than to know that move exists, that I can watch it many times, that I can watch it always.” — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
