Synopsis
In the heart of the Basque Country, two families are torn apart by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism in this epic and heartbreaking story.
Miren and Bittori have lived side by side in a small Basque town all their lives. Their husbands play cards together, their children play and eventually go out drinking together. The terrorist threat posed by ETA seems...
Details
02 April 2020608 pages
9781509858040Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Few books make me cry these days but by the final page I found my eyes prickling with tears. By examining his society in such close detail, Aramburu encourages us to reflect on the bitter divisions in our own world and the opportunities we have for reconciliation.Sunday Times
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived.Mario Vargas Llosa
Is Aramburu the Tolstoy of the Basque country, author of a Spanish language War and Peace that lays bare the pain of forty pointless years of separatist terrorism?Guardian
A powerful novel which has a strong claim to be the definite fictional account of the Basque troubles . . . Aramburu skillfully spins their stories in short, punchy chapters that dart back and forth in time. Its message is ultimately redemptive.Economist
