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Bonsái
Alejandro Zambra
     Novela
“Tantalia” is the story of a couple that decides to
buy a small plant and keep it as a symbol of the love
that unites them. They realize too late that if the
plant dies, the love that unites them will die with it.
And as the love that unites them is immense and
they are not willing to sacrifice it for any reason,
they decide to lose the little plant in a multitude of
identical little plants. Later comes the despair, the
misfortune of knowing they will never be able to
find it. (94 words) page 26.

Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsai. Trans. Carolina de Robertis. Brooklyn:
                    Melville House, 2008.
“Tantalia” es la historia de una pareja que decide
comprar una plantita para conservarla como
símbolo de amor que los une. Tardíamente se dan
cuenta de que si la plantita se muere, con ella
también morirá el amor que los une. Y que como el
amor que los une es inmenso y por ningún motivo
están dispuestos a sacrificarlo, deciden perder la
plantita entre una multitud de plantita idénticas.
Luego viene el desconsuelo, la desgracia de saber
que ya nunca podrán encontrarla. (82 palabras) pág. 32


   Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsái. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006.
That same night Emilia lied to Julio for the first
 time, and the lie was, also, that she had read
 Marcel Proust. At first she only went so far as to
 agree: I also read Proust. But after that there was a
 long period of silence, which was not so much an
 uncomfortable silence as an expectant one, such
 that Emilia had to complete the story: It was last
 year, recently, it took me five months, I was so
 busy, you know how it is, with the courseload at the
 university. But I undertook to read the seven
 volumes and the truth is that those were the most
 important months of my life as a reader. (116 words)
 Page 18


Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsai. Trans. Carolina de Robertis. Brooklyn:
                    Melville House, 2008.
Esa misma noche Emilia le mintió por primera vez a
Julio, y la mentira fue, también, que había leído a
Marcel Proust. En un comienzo se limitó a asentir:
Yo también leí a Proust. Pero luego hubo pausa
larga de silencio, que no era un silencio incómodo
sino expectante, de manera que Emilia tuvo que
completar el relato: fue el año pasado, recién, me
demoré unos cinco meses, andaba atareada, como
sabes, con los ramos de la universidad. Pero me
propuse leer los siete tomos y la verdad es que ésos
fueron los meses más importantes de mi vida como
lectora. (101 palabras) pág. 24

   Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsái. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006.
Guatemala, 1921-2003
El Dinosaurio

Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio
todavía estaba allí.
The Dinosaur

On waking, the dinosaur was
still there.

Translated by Nicholas Boalch
The Dinosaur

When he woke up, the dinosaur
was still.

Translated via Finnish by Hildi Hawkins
The Dinosaur

Upon awakening, the dinosaur
was still.

Translated via Finnish by Hildi Hawkins
This illustration was inspired by what is sometimes called
the world's shortest story, by Augusto Monterroso
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Bonsái clase de traducción

  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. “Tantalia” is the story of a couple that decides to buy a small plant and keep it as a symbol of the love that unites them. They realize too late that if the plant dies, the love that unites them will die with it. And as the love that unites them is immense and they are not willing to sacrifice it for any reason, they decide to lose the little plant in a multitude of identical little plants. Later comes the despair, the misfortune of knowing they will never be able to find it. (94 words) page 26. Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsai. Trans. Carolina de Robertis. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2008.
  • 5. “Tantalia” es la historia de una pareja que decide comprar una plantita para conservarla como símbolo de amor que los une. Tardíamente se dan cuenta de que si la plantita se muere, con ella también morirá el amor que los une. Y que como el amor que los une es inmenso y por ningún motivo están dispuestos a sacrificarlo, deciden perder la plantita entre una multitud de plantita idénticas. Luego viene el desconsuelo, la desgracia de saber que ya nunca podrán encontrarla. (82 palabras) pág. 32 Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsái. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006.
  • 6. That same night Emilia lied to Julio for the first time, and the lie was, also, that she had read Marcel Proust. At first she only went so far as to agree: I also read Proust. But after that there was a long period of silence, which was not so much an uncomfortable silence as an expectant one, such that Emilia had to complete the story: It was last year, recently, it took me five months, I was so busy, you know how it is, with the courseload at the university. But I undertook to read the seven volumes and the truth is that those were the most important months of my life as a reader. (116 words) Page 18 Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsai. Trans. Carolina de Robertis. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2008.
  • 7. Esa misma noche Emilia le mintió por primera vez a Julio, y la mentira fue, también, que había leído a Marcel Proust. En un comienzo se limitó a asentir: Yo también leí a Proust. Pero luego hubo pausa larga de silencio, que no era un silencio incómodo sino expectante, de manera que Emilia tuvo que completar el relato: fue el año pasado, recién, me demoré unos cinco meses, andaba atareada, como sabes, con los ramos de la universidad. Pero me propuse leer los siete tomos y la verdad es que ésos fueron los meses más importantes de mi vida como lectora. (101 palabras) pág. 24 Zambra, Alejandro. Bonsái. Barcelona: Anagrama, 2006.
  • 9. El Dinosaurio Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
  • 10. The Dinosaur On waking, the dinosaur was still there. Translated by Nicholas Boalch
  • 11. The Dinosaur When he woke up, the dinosaur was still. Translated via Finnish by Hildi Hawkins
  • 12. The Dinosaur Upon awakening, the dinosaur was still. Translated via Finnish by Hildi Hawkins
  • 13.
  • 14. This illustration was inspired by what is sometimes called the world's shortest story, by Augusto Monterroso