by Patxi Zubizarreta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788488669186
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«Eztia eta ozpina» is the novel by Patxi Zubizarreta, published by Alberdania in paperback (166 pages, in Basque).
Set in the 1990s, it tells the story of Selim, a young North African man who leaves Morocco hoping to reach Paris. Along the way he encounters sweetness, embodied in Esther, and the bitterness of Western reality. The novel combines three voices and three narrative styles (direct narrative, diary and reportage) to tell a single story.
Fourth volume in Alberdania's Ostiral saila collection; the original edition dates from 1995.
Will appeal to readers of Basque fiction and those seeking stories about migration and cultural clash.
Patxi Zubizarreta is a Spanish writer who writes in the Basque language (Euskara). He studied Basque philology in Vitoria, where he currently resides. He is an author of children's and youth literature, a specialty in which he has won several prizes, has also been dedicated to translation and literature for adults and has a facet as creator of shows that combine music, image and literature. He was included in the White Ravens catalog and the IBBY Honor Roll.
