{"product_id":"childish-literature-by-alejandro-zambra","title":"Childish Literature by Alejandro Zambra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow do we write about the singular experience of parenthood? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in a ‘state of attachment’, or ‘under the influence’ of fatherhood, Childish Literature is an eclectic guide for novice parents, showing how the birth and growth of a child changes not only the present and the future, but also reshapes our perceptions of the past. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShifting from moving dispatches from his son’s first year of existence, to a treatise on ‘football sadness’, to a psychedelic narrative where a man tries, mid-magic mushroom trip, to re-learn the subtle art of crawling, this latest work from Alejandro Zambra shows how children shield adults from despondency, self-absorption and the tyrannies of chronological time. At once a chronicle of fatherhood, a letter to a child and a work of fiction, Childish Literature is the latest, virtuosic addition to the oeuvre of one of the most exciting Latin American writers in recent decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mount Florida Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53341518397826,"sku":"9781804271100","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781804271100.jpg?v=1727778560","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.live\/products\/childish-literature-by-alejandro-zambra","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}