Books by Bernardo Atxaga

A polyphonic novel following the fortunes and failures of the inhabitants of a small Basque mining town over the course of forty years

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Shola, la perrita del señor Grogó, cree que es una leona y como tal decide comportarse. Decide dejar su hogar y a su amo para correr múltiples aventuras propias de un animal salvaje. ¿Sabrá soportar su nueva vida como leona? Una deliciosa historia que señala la importancia de conocer las propias limitaciones, sin por ello dejar de soñar para alcanzar ideales mayores. Una fábula sobre la identidad, los sueños y los caminos para alcanzarlos.José Irazu Garmendia, nació en Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, el 27 de julio de 1951. Seguramente, fueron el deseo de emular a grandes autores de la literatura universal, y la intención de esquivar la censura franquista algunas de las razones que le llevaron a adoptar el seudónimo de Bernardo Atxaga.

1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris.

A funny and touching exploration of freedom, friendship and finding yourself. Mo acknowledges her 'inner voice' and sets to work on her memoirs, not letting her bovine nature stop her. Set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

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.

Irene is 37 years old and just out of prison after serving time for terrorist activities. Deciding to return home to Bilbao, she takes a bus journey across Spain, striking up conversations with the passengers who include two plainclothes policemen. As the journey progresses, so the tension builds.

As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practices the accordion on the insistence of his authoritarian father. This title explores 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.

One of only a hundred or so books originally written in the Basque language during the last four centuries, Obabakoak is a shimmering, mercurial novel about life in Obaba, a remote, exotic, Basque village.

I junglen ved Congos kyst i 1904 går dagene meget langsomt. Livet er kedeligt, åndeligt afstumpende og farligt, og Belgiens kong Leopold II’s militære udsendinge fordriver tiden med at mishandle slaverne, som tapper gummi og fælder mahognitræer, der skal sejles til Europa. I Belle Époqe-tidens Belgien leves det søde liv, mens udbytningen af kolonierne når nye, grumme højder. Syv huse i Frankrig beskriver en af de mørkeste perioder i europæisk kolonihistorie, fortalt med en satirisk selvfølgelighed, der blot understreger grusomhedernes lethed. Med andre ord: en meget sort komedie.Bernardo Atxaga er en af det baskiske sprogs største nulevende forfattere med stor succes både hjemme og ude. På dansk er tidligere udkommet succesromanerne Obabakoak og Harmonikaspillerens søn."Syv huse i Frankrig er en fornøjelig og skræmmende roman af en af Europas bedste romanforfattere. (...) Atxaga er stadig mesteren af kompleks historiefortælling fortalt med bedragerisk enkelhed ..." - The independent