4 Quotes & Sayings By Alejandro Zambra

Alejandro Zambra was born in Chile in 1977. He studied Political Science and Literature at the University of Chile and Literature and Poetics at the University of Oxford. He currently lives in Santiago de Chile and works as a writer and translator. His work has appeared in various literary magazines in Spain, England, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Mexico and the United States Read more

His novel The Story of My Teeth won the Premio Casa de las Americas Prize for Best Fiction Translation into Spanish.

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I was going to be a memory when I grew up. Alejandro Zambra
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Last night I walked for hours. It was as if I wanted to get lost down some unknown street. To get absolutely and happily lost. But there are moments when we can’t, when we don’t know how to lose our way. Even if we always go in the wrong direction. Even if we lose all our points of reference. Even if it begins to grow late and we feel the weight of morning as we advance. There are times when no matter how we try to find out what we don’t know, we can’t lose our way. And perhaps we long for the time when we could be lost. The time when all the streets were new. . Alejandro Zambra
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I must say that my father is innocent. I should say it. I have to say it. I’m obliged to say it. My father will kill me if I don’t say he is innocent. The children of murderers cannot kill the father. Alejandro Zambra