Bernardo Atxaga

The Accordionist's Son

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As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practices the accordion on the insistence of his authoritarian father. This title explores the life of David Imaz, a former inhabitant of the Basque village of Obaba, now living in exile and ill-health on a ranch in California.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Costa, Margaret Jull (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-09-949277-1
EAN: 9780099492771
Produktnummer: 17609890
Verlag: Vintage Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.5 cm 282 g
Gewicht: 282
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Bernardo Atxaga was born in Gipuzkoa in Spain in 1951 and lives in the Basque Country, writing in Basque and Spanish. He is a prizewinning novelist and poet, whose books, including Obabakoak and Seven Houses in France, have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad. His works have been translated into twenty-two languages.Margaret Jull Costa has been a literary translator from Spanish and Portugese for over twenty years, translating such writers as José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Luis Fernando Verissimo and Fernando Pessoa. Her work has brought her a number of prizes, the most recent of which was the 2010 Premio Valle-Inclán for Javier Marías' Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell.