Strange Language
an Anthology of Basque Short Stories
Published on 22. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-1-905762-17-0 (ISBN)
Description
Presents a compilation of short stories from fourteen of best Basque writers. This title provides an insight into modern Basque society and literature.
Reviews / Votes
"Literature often flourishes like certain kinds of plants, between the cracks in walls that gardeners have forgotten to tend. It can spring from the oppressed, impoverished, ignored. An Anthology of Basque Short Stories ... affords a glimpse of one such obscure and interesting literature... Curiously, all these stories explore loneliness. There is no indication that this similarity is intentional. Is it a revelation about the lives of contemporary Europeans? These 14 stories offer readers a treat from writers who speak a strange but beautifully expressive language."Mark KurlanskyAuthor of The Basque History of the WorldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905762-17-0 (9781905762170)
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Person
Mari Jose Olaziregi holds a PhD in Basque literature and is a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country. Since 2003, she has been the editor of the Basque Literature in Translation Series at the Center for Basque Studies.