by Toti Martínez de Lezea · Erein Argitaletxea, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491093398
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«Malkoak lur antzuan» is the historical novel by Toti Martínez de Lezea, published by Erein Argitaletxea in paperback (296 pages, in Basque).
In the 1930s, Dámaso, a peasant from Badajoz, struggles to escape poverty in a land of large estates. The war forces him to flee and his family is left helpless. Thirty years later, his son Manuel, a worker from Biscay, takes part in the biggest strike under Franco and is deported to Extremadura, where he discovers his family's past and changes his views.
First edition: 28 November 2018. Volume 114 of the Narratiba collection. Basque translation by Miren Arratibel Garmendia. Spanish title: Llanto en la tierra baldía.
For those seeking fiction set during the Spanish Civil War and Francoism, with family memory in the background.
Esperanza Martínez de Lezea García is a Spanish writer who writes both in Spanish and Basque. She is a certified translator in French, English and German. She is also a television presenter and actor; she is one of the founders of the Kukubiltxo theatre company.
