LitHubA highly original work, full of unforgettable sparks of humor . . . brief as a sigh and forceful as a blow.
El CapitalA literary creation of the highest order . . .
Bonsai is an exquisitely articulated work . . . an unclassifiable object of unusual beauty . . . one of the two or three best Chilean novels of recent times.
Las Últimas Noticias[U]ndeniably fascinating . . . the kind of story that lingers in the mind for weeks after being read.
The Quarterly ConversationWhat is remarkable about Zambra s novella is the space between ending and beginning the progressive prose that relates a true story with emotional and artistic implications extending far beyond its concise pages.
Bookslut Bonsai is an appealing miniature, a novella that, despite its brevity, feels airy and full an enjoyable, pleasantly surprising, and clever read.
The Complete ReviewIt is often said of a book that it is worth reading; rarely, as in [
Bonsai s] case, will it be enjoyed even more in its rereading. ABC España
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Bonsai] is literature of the best kind, a work of strange maturity that makes brevity one of its greatest virtues, due to how much can be said and above all suggested in so few pages.
El Mercurio