| Description |
ix, 288 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Great Britain : Hutchinson, 1992. |
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"... originally written in Basque and published by Editorial Erein in 1988. This English translation is based on the author's own Spanish version, published by Ediciones B in 1989."--Translator's note. |
| Contents |
Childhoods. Esteban Werfell -- An exposition of Canon Lizardi's letter -- Post tenebras spero lecum -- If I could, I'd go out for a stroll every night, I : Katharina's statement -- If I could, I'd go out for a stroll every night, II : Marie's statement -- Nine words in honor of the village of Villamediana -- In search of the last word. Young and green -- The rich merchant's servant -- Regarding stories -- Dayoub, the rich merchant's servant -- Mr. Smith -- Maiden name, Laura Sligo -- Finis coronat opus -- In the morning -- Hans Menscher -- How to write a story in five minutes -- Klaus Hanhn -- Margarete and Heinrich, twins -- I, Jean Baptiste Hargous -- How to plagiarize -- The crevasse -- A Rhine wine -- Samuel Tellería Uribe -- Wei Lie Deshang -- X and Y -- The torch -- By way of an autobiography. |
| Summary |
"Obabakoak is a quixotic, gem-like collection about life in Obaba, a remote, exotic Basque village. A schoolboy's mining-engineer father tricks him into growing up, an unfortunate environmentalist rescues deceptively harmless lizards, and a rescue mission on a Swiss mountain-climbing expedition in Nepal turns into murder. Obaba is peopled with innocents and intellectuals, shepherds and school children, while everyone from a lovelorn schoolmistress to a cultured but self-hating dwarf wanders across the page." "A tinge of darkness mingles with moments of wry humor in this dazzling collage of stories, town gossip, diary excerpts, and literary theory, all held together by Bernardo Atxaga's distinctive and tenderly ironic voice. An unforgettable work from an international literary giant, whom the Observer (London) listed among the top twenty-one writers for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Language |
In English, translated from the Spanish. |
| Subject |
Basques -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Humorous fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Subject |
Basques. (OCoLC)fst00828378
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| Added Author |
Costa, Margaret Jull.
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| Added Title |
Obabakoak. English
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| ISBN |
9781555975517 paperback |
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1555975518 paperback |
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