David Imaz has spent many years living in exile on a ranch in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing fifty and in failing health, he decides to write the story of his youth in the village of Obaba, and the powerful, sweeping narrative that ensues takes the reader from 1936 to 1999. As a young man, David divides his time between ...
This novel is in the form of linked stories. The village is the place where stories from many cultures weave in and out of peoples' lives, and where simple events stay in the mind of the reader. When the existence of the village is threatened, the preservation of memories becomes vital.
Originally written in Basque--one of only a few written in that language in the last 400 years--this novel brilliantly brings alive the lives of the rascals, innocents, shepherds and hunters who populate a remote Basque village. The story has the feel of a fairy tale and is suffused with the richness of oral tradition: it is a book where play is ...
Two Basque gunmen on the run after a bomb attack find refuge in a hotel whose owner, Carlos, used to belong to their movement. With the World Cup in progress, the Polish football team is staying in the hotel. A television crew is infiltrated by undercover agents. This is the first of a trilogy.
An elegiac tale of lost innocence and the ruthlessness of the natural world, where the hunter all too soon becomes the prey. As he dies leaving his two boys orphans, Paulo's father lays on him the duty to look after his retarded but overgrown younger brother, for otherwise Daniel will be put away in an institution. But Daniel never listens to his ...
A former terrorist, released from prison, searches for a new and better life, but most of her experiences are decidedly negative. After a variety of troubles with the men she encounters, she learns to value her female friendships. This novel by a Basque writer is about loneliness, the quest for love, and the dangers of vulnerability in a difficult ...
El lugar: es un sotano y es una charca y es un hotel situado en las afueras de Barcelona. Paredes blancas, arbustos y matorrales pardos que aranan la piel y un agua mansa que invita al sosiego y mata al descuido.El tiempo: son cinco dias, pero pesan como siglos, el miedo dilata las horas muertas y destila los dias previos a la accion, con cruel ...
Es la nocion de extraterritorialidad o supranacionalidad la que el editor alega en esta convocatoria. Una fiesta trasnochada ocurrida hace dos anos inspiro la idea de convocar a quienes por voluntaria decision viven lejos de sus paises de origen y situan sus ficciones en lugares distintos de los que actualmente habitan. 'Con la vocacion, ...
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