Homeland - Hardcover

Aramburu, Fernando

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1524747122 ISBN 13: 9781524747121

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 2019

Synopsis

Fernando Aramburu's internationally acclaimed novel evokes an unresolved history of violence, giving a fictional account of lives shattered by Basque terrorism even as it rekindles debate about truth and reconciliation.

Lifetime friends become bitter enemies when the father of one family is killed by militants--one of whom is a son from the other family. Told in short sections highlighting a rich multiplicity of characters from all walks of life, Homeland brilliantly unfolds in nonlinear fashion as it traces the moral dilemmas faced by the families of murder victim and perpetrator alike. Aramburu alludes only obliquely to the historical context while he focuses on the psychological complexity of his characters and builds nearly unbearable suspense.

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Review:

"Complex and challenging... exhibiting a kind of sophisticated tidal pattern, with each ebb and flow leaving behind new clues in the sand."
--The Washington Post

"A powerful novel which has a strong claim to be the definitive fictional account of the Basque troubles... Aramburu skilfully spins their stories in short, punchy chapters that dart back and forth in time."
--Economist

"Homeland has reminded Spain of the dormant power of literature to shake up society."
--Politico Europe

""Punch-in-the-face powerful, with a bittersweet ending, this leading Spanish novelist's first English-language outing is a masterpiece."
--Library Journal (starred review)

"Aramburu's remarkable novel is an honest and empathetic portrait of suffering and forgiveness, home and family."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A humane, memorable work of literature."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"It's been a long time since I've read a book so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived, a fiction that is also an eloquent testament to a historical reality."
--Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

About the Author:

Born in San Sebastián, Spain, in 1959, FERNANDO ARAMBURU is considered one of the most remarkable writers in the Spanish language. He won the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Prize in 1997, the Euskadi Prize in 2001, and, for his short story collection Los peces de la amargura, the Mario Vargas Llosa NH Short Story Award, the Dulce Chacón Prize, and the Prize of the Spanish Roal Academy in 2008. Among his most recent novels, Años lentos won the Premio Tusquets de Novela in 2011 and was named Book of the Year in 2012 by the booksellers of Madrid. But it is his novel Patria (Homeland), a stunning success among readers and winner of unanimous acclaim (National Prize for Literature, National Critics Prize, Euskadi Prize, Francisco Umbral Prize, Strega European Prize, Tomasi di Lampedusa Prize, among many others) that has distinguished him as a writer who will leave his mark on our era.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1524747122
• ISBN 13: 9781524747121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 590