The Accordionist's Son
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2008
Summary
A magnificent family epic, haunted by the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, by award-winning Basque author Bernardo Atxaga.
The Accordionist’s Son is a remarkably powerful and accomplished novel, exploring the life of David Imaz, a former inhabitant of the Basque village of Obaba, now living in exile and ill-health on a ranch in California.
As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle’s ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practises the accordion …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099492771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099492776 |
| Author: | Bernardo Atxaga, Margaret Jull Costa |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
The first great Basque novel
The first great Basque novel * Times Literary Supplement *
A briliantly inventive writer… terribly moving and wildly funny – A. S. Byatt
This most delicate and personal of novels packs a powerful political message * Independent *
Incredibly powerful… magnificently written * Financial Times *
A magical novel that exlores friendship and memory, language and loss * Metro *
In all his work, Atxaga delves into the impact of the political on individual lives. What is most moving in The Accordionist’s Son is the push and counter-push of these pressures on a believable individual (and Margaret Jull Costa’s elegant and unfussy translation gives us a clear view of him in English) * Guardian *
Bernardo Atxaga’s books are performing an important service to his people and his language * Times Literary Supplement *
Charming and compelling * Big Issue *
Each character is a world, a story marvellously integrated into the whole…A master storyteller has become a fabulous chronicler of reality. If Obabakoak charmed us, The Accordionist’s Son charms and moves us * La Vanguardia *
This is a richly textured, beautifully-written glimpse into a world that makes its otherworldliness felt * Sunday Business Post *
Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga was born in Gipuzkoa, Spain, in 1951, and lives in the Basque Country. He writes in both Basque and Spanish. Atxaga is a prizewinning novelist and poet. His books, including Obabakoak and Seven Houses in France, have earned critical acclaim both in Spain and internationally. His works have been translated into twenty-two languages.
Margaret Jull Costa has been a literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese for over twenty years. She has translated writers such as José Saramago, E. M. de Queiroz, Luis Fernando Verissimo, and Fernando Pessoa. Her work has received numerous awards, most recently the 2010 Premio Valle-Inclán for Javier Marías’s Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell.
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