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Biographical note
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 (1992), The Accordionist's Son (2007) and Nevada Days (2017), have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad. In 2019 he was awarded the National Prize for Spanish Letters. His works have been translated into thirty-two languages.<b>A brilliantly inventive writer</b>
- A.S. Byatt,
<b>Not just a Basque novelist but <i>the </i>Basque novelist</b>
Guardian
<b>The most important Basque writer of his generation</b>
Times Literary Supplement
<b>A twisting and rewarding story</b>, and <b>one readers will savor</b> until the lovely finish
Publishers Weekly, starred review
<b>Profound, luminous and strange</b>. This is really <b>a remarkable novel</b>
Shiny New Books
Atxaga holds the attention by his sheer craft, by the complete control he exhibits
Independent
A narrative <b>steeped in poetry</b> in which Atxaga has brilliantly combined reality and fiction
- Jury of the National Spanish Literature Award,
A <b>dramatic </b>story that captivates the reader from the first pages to its splendid ending
La Razón
The reader will discover once again <b>the great poetic power of Atxaga</b>, and his incredible ability to build entire and profound universes
El Correo
Atxaga knows how to entertain, move and give autobiography all the charm of fiction
La Vanguardia