Bernardo Atxaga Knihy

Muž, jemuž říkali Carlos, je Bask. Mládí prožil za frankistické diktatury, na protest vstoupil do teroristické skupiny ETA, podílel se na řadě jejích smrtonosných akcích , byl dopaden a odsouzen. Příchod demokracie mu přináší amnestii.

Features poets from Europe who have played a defining role in the development of Basque-language poetry and represent the diversity of poetic voices populating the Basque literary scene.

Shola is a little dog with attitude. She loves both comfort and adventure, and spends much of her time trying to decide between the two. Whether faced with the possibility that she may really be a lion or the prospect of a boar-hunt, Shola is not afraid to pursue her dreams ... up to a point.

It is clear to Shola that she is not, in fact, a dog. People may have been trying to tell her otherwise for dog years, but a trip to her owner's library finally has her convinced: she is, in fact, descended from the Kings of the Savannah. But how will she take to her new-found lineage? Will she finally get the respect she deserves from her fellow citizens? Most importantly, now that she has been identified as a powerful predator, does this mean no chips again... ever?

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.

One dark and stormy night, Mo hears her Inner Voice urging her to begin writing her memoirs. Having ignored her Inner Voice's advice once before, with near-fatal consequences, she decides, this time, to do as she is told. Mo looks back on her life, beginning with the crucial moment when she met another cow, who introduced herself as La Vache qui Rit, and assured Mo that there was nothing more stupid in this world than a stupid cow. Mo spends her life trying to prove to her friend that, despite being a cow, she is not at all stupid. Besides, she has her Inner Voice and a great desire to live! Set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, in which defeated Republican supporters are still being persecuted by victorious Nationalists. It paints a funny, touching portrait of friendship and freedom and the sometimes-difficult process of finding oneself,

From prize-winning author Bernardo Atxaga, author of Obabakoak and Nevada Days, comes a polyphonic novel following the fortunes and failures of the inhabitants of a small Basque mining town over the course of forty years

Durante la prima guerra carlista, in Spagna, nel 1833, il marinaio Martín Saldías ha una missione: portare un messaggio al generale Zumalacarregui, comandante dei ribelli. Martín ha perfino un nome in codice, Sara, ma non è una spia esperta: è poco addestrato, e ha accettato l'incarico solo per l'ammirazione profonda che nutre verso il generale ribelle. Ma la scarsa esperienza è solo uno dei pericoli che Martín deve affrontare: qualcuno sta tramando per tradire il generale e i suoi uomini, e compromettere definitivamente la causa. Perso in un gioco più grande di lui, assalito dai dubbi, senz'altra certezza che il suo istinto, Martín è costretto a rischiare la vita propria e degli altri, costretto a ignorare affetti e legami, costretto ad ammettere, alla fine, che le guerre giuste non esistono. Età di lettura: da 9 anni.

La petite chienne Shola a la belle vie. Elle fait tout ce dont elle a envie, quand elle en a envie et comme elle en a envie. Son maître, Grogó, est particulièrement tolérant avec elle. Mais sa liberté sera-elle du goût de la tante Clémentine, la tante de Grogó qui vit aux Etats-Unis et qui va venir passer quelques semaines chez lui ? Grogó se pose des questions, et Shola aussi, d’autant qu’elle voit réapparaître, sur le porte-manteau, un objet qui avait depuis longtemps disparu de la maison : un collier avec une chaîne…Quand la tante Clémentine arrive, Shola est contrariée. Elle craint d’être attachée, mais surtout elle doit s’adapter au caractère de Clémentine, qui se trouve être, elle aussi, quelqu’un qui fait exactement ce qu’elle veut, comme elle veut et quand elle veut ! De quoi bousculer les habitudes impératrices de Shola. Leur cohabitation mène Shola à prendre conscience que la liberté de l’un se fait souvent au détriment de la liberté de l’autre, et que le compromis est nécessaire.

Eine baskische Kuh, die ihren Lebensabend im Kloster verbringt, erinnert sich an ihre wilden Jahre als sie für die Partisanenbewegung der Basken in den 40er Jahren als Kurier eingesetzt wurde.