Description
The international bestseller, l onglisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2021. Fernando Aramburu's Homeland is a n epic and heartbreaking story of two best friends whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism. âEUR¿ItâEUR(TM)s been a long time since IâEUR(TM)ve read a book that was so persuasive and movingâEUR(TM) âEUR" Mario Vargas Llosa , author of Time of the Hero. The Basque Country, Spain, 2011. Miren and Bittori have lived side by side in a small Basque town all their lives. Their husbands play cards together, their children play and eventually go out drinking together. The terrorist threat posed by ETA seems to affect them little. When BittoriâEUR(TM)s husband starts receiving threatening letters âEUR" demanding money, accusing him of being a police informant âEUR" she turns to her friend for help. But MirenâEUR(TM)s loyalties are torn: her son has just been recruited as a terrorist and to denounce them would be to condemn her own flesh and blood. Tensions rise, relationships fracture, and events move towards a tragic conclusion . . . âEUR¿Is Aramburu the Tolstoy of the Basque country, author of a Spanish language War and Peace ?âEUR(TM) âEUR" Guardian
| EAN: | 9781509858040 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 02.04.2020 |
| Autoren: | Aramburu, Fernando |
| Übersetzung: | MacAdam, Alfred |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 608 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | Spain; Basque country; ETA; Euskadi; family saga; terrorism; political; Spanish; translation; literary; historical; terrorist; separatist; Basque nationalism; Euskaldunak |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Spanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Baske - Baskenland |
| Fachkategorie: | Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik~Kriegsromane~Belletristik in Übersetzung~Familienleben~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung |
| Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: | 18 |
| ab Alter: | 18 |
| Imprint-Titels: | Picador |
| Länge: | 195 mm |
| Breite: | 132 mm |
| Höhe: | 40 mm |