by Bernardo Atxaga · Punto de Lectura S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466319324
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«El hijo del acordeonista» is the novel by Bernardo Atxaga, published by Punto de Lectura S.L. in hardback (480 pages, in Spanish).
David grows up between his uncle's ranch and the village, with a father who forces him to play the accordion. The Civil War weighs on his family: some letters and a silver pistol reveal his father's collaboration with the fascists and his uncle's risk in hiding a republican. A story of memory, friendship and uprootedness between Obaba and California.
Original title in Basque: «Soinujolearen semea» (2003), Critics' Prize for Narrative in Basque. Spanish translation by Asun Garikano and Bernardo Atxaga.
For readers of contemporary fiction and historical fiction interested in the Spanish Civil War, memory and uprootedness.
Bernardo Atxaga, pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
