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"Sublime . . . true and beautiful and moving." --The New York Times Book Review

The landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writers--now in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator

Bonsai is the story of Julio and Emilia, two young Chilean students who, seeking truth in great literature, find each other instead. Like all young couples, they lie to each other, revise themselves, and try new identities on for size, observing and analyzing their love story... Read Full Overview

Winner of Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel "One of the greatest literary events of recent years."-Alfonso Cortnez, Las ltimas Noticias "An unclassifiable object of unusual beauty . . . one of the best Chilean novels of recent times."-David Lacalle, Capital Hailed... Read Full Overview

"Winner of Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel" Now a Major Motion Picture Hailed as a great Latin American literary event, this stylistically innovative, elliptically told tale of a young man and his love who mysteriously disappears is, as the narrator tells us, "a... Read Full Overview

Once outside its flowerpot, the tree ceases to be a bonsai. "Winner of Chile's Literary Critics' Award for Best Novel" Hailed as a great Latin American literary event, this stylistically innovative, elliptically told tale of a young man and his love who mysteriously disappears... Read Full Overview