\u00abMi padre era un computador y mi madre una m\u00e1quina de escribir\u00bb, apuntaAlejandro Zambra en las primeras p\u00e1ginas de este libro de relatos, quebien puede leerse como una novela, o como once breves novelas archivadas en la carpeta Mis documentos.A veces parece que hablara un mismo personaje, trasunto del autor,que recuerda sus desventuras como estudiante y como profesor, o queregistra su malhumorado intento de superar el tabaquismo (\u00abQu\u00e9 cosa m\u00e1sabsurda, realmente: querer vivir m\u00e1s. Como si fuera, por ejemplo,feliz\u00bb). Pero la ilusi\u00f3n de una vida propia, fomentada por la famosacarpeta de Windows, se rompe pronto: los documentos de uno son, en elfondo, los documentos de todos, parece decirnos Zambra, en especial sise habita un pa\u00eds que necesita indagar en el pasado.Con el fino sentido de la iron\u00eda y la precisi\u00f3n que ya le conocemos,con humor y melancol\u00eda, con esp\u00edritu par\u00f3dico, con aliento l\u00edrico y aveces con rabia, Alejandro Zambra traza la anodina existencia de unoshombres que se repliegan en una idea antigua de la masculinidad, o eltr\u00e1nsito de unos seres pendulares que apuestan sus \u00faltimas fichas alamor. La incesante b\u00fasqueda del padre, la obsolescencia de objetos y desentimientos que parec\u00edan eternos, el desencanto de los j\u00f3venes de latransici\u00f3n (\u00abLa adolescencia era verdadera. La democracia no\u00bb), laimpostura como \u00fanica forma de arraigo, y la legitimidad del dolor, sonalgunos de los temas que cruzan este libro.Mis documentos muestra a un autor que consolida y proyecta hacia lugares nuevos el personal estilo forjado en Bons\u00e1i (descrita por Junot D\u00edaz en The New York Times como \u00abun pu\u00f1etazo en la mand\u00edbula\u00bb), La vida privada de los \u00e1rboles (\u00abUna obra sorprendentemente entera y resonante\u00bb, seg\u00fan The Complete Review), y Formas de volver a casa, una novela sobre la cual la cr\u00edtica ha sido elocuente: \u00abUn magn\u00edficolenguaje, a la sombra de Carver: precisi\u00f3n, tristeza, crueldad, ternura\u00bb (Joaqu\u00edn Arn\u00e1iz, La Raz\u00f3n); \u00abUna de las mejores novelas chilenas en mucho tiempo\u00bb (Tal Pinto, The Clinic); \u00abFormas de volver a casa eleva a Zambra al lugar de los escritores vivos que simplemente debemos leer\u00bb (Clancy Martin, Bookforum); \u00abUn talento asombroso\u00bb (Adam Thirlwell, The New York Times Book Review).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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