by Agota Kristof, Eskarne Mujika Gallastegi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495589637
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«Atzo» is the novel by Ágota Kristóf translated by Eskarne Mujika Gallastegi, published by Alberdania in paperback (120 pages, in Basque).
The novel follows a man who, after trying to kill his parents, flees his village and ends up as a factory worker. His life becomes an isolated routine where only writing and the wait for an imagined woman remain. When she arrives from his same origin and shares a father with him, the relationship stays cold and full of obstacles.
Work originally published as «Hier» in 1995. This edition belongs to the Literatura Unibertsala collection.
This edition is aimed at Basque-speaking readers interested in contemporary European fiction.
Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier. It was followed by two sequels which are collectively The Notebook Trilogy. She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008.
