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El d a en que ETA anuncia el abandono de las armas, Bittori se dirige al cementerio para contarle a la tumba de su marido el Txato, asesinado por los terroristas, que ha decidido volver a la casa donde vivieron Podr convivir con quienes la acosaron antes y despu s del atentado que trastoc su vida y la de su familia Podr saber qui n fue el encapuchado que un d a lluvioso mat a su marido, cuando volv a de su empresa de transportes Por m s que llegue a escondidas, la presencia de Bittori alterar la falsa tranquilidad del pueblo, sobre todo de su vecina Miren, amiga ntima en otro tiempo, y madre de Joxe Mari, un terrorista encarcelado y sospechoso de los peores tes de Bittori Qu pas entre esas dos mujeres Qu ha envenenado la vida de sus hijos y sus maridos tan unidos en el pasado Con sus desgarros disimulados y sus convicciones inquebrantables, con sus heridas y sus valent as, la historia incandescente de sus vidas antes y despu s del cr ter que fue la muerte del Txato, nos habla de la imposibilidad de olvidar y de la necesidad de perd n en una comunidad rota por el fanatismo pol tico. Free Read [ Patria ] author [ Fernando Aramburu ] – kino-fada.fr This novel has been a huge success in Spain recently From September 2016 to July 2017, that is ten months after it was first published, it has run through twenty editions Several of my friends have read or are reading it and a few recommended it to me Generally I am not much drawn to bestsellers and this one was no exception But I received it recently as a present from a family member, so I decided to face my prejudices.The novel deals with two Basque families from around the 1980s to the This novel has been a huge success in Spain recently From September 2016 to July 2017, that is ten months after it was first published, it has run through twenty editions Several of my friends have read or are reading it and a few recommended it to me Generally I am not much drawn to bestsellers and this one was no exception But I received it recently as a present from a family member, so I decided to face my prejudices.The novel deals with two Basque families from around the 1980s to the recent present and how they deal with the activity of the terrori...Two women Bittori and Miren They live in a small Basque town in northern Spain One rainy day, Bittori s husband Txato, owner of a trucking company, is gunned down by ETA terrorists Why He refused to pay money to ETA He was not patriotic enough.Miren s son is charged in the killing Spurred on by his mother patriotic fervor, her eldest son Joxe Mari grows to become part of ETA And he is picked to kill his neighbor, a friend of the family.The two families are torn apart in a land torn apart Two women Bittori and Miren They live in a small Basque town in northern Spain One rainy day, Bittori s husband Txato, owner of a trucking company, is gunned down by ETA terrorists Why He refused to pay money to ETA He was not patriotic enough.Miren s son is charged in the killing Spurred on by his mother patriotic fervor, her eldest son Joxe Mari grows to become part of ETA And he is picked to kill his neighbor, a friend of the family.The two families are torn apart in a land torn apart by ETA and their fight for their own homeland Patria In October 2011, ETA halted their armed struggle, where thousands had died over four decades The story unravels just as ETA makes their announcement.Fernando Aramburu has written a truly remarkable book The power of violence, hatred and suffering is countered by a believable story of survival, hope and love This ...I feel myself doubly unqualified to rate and review this book, which has recently become ubiquitous here in Spain For one, I decided that I would use the audiobook to improve my listening ability and even though I normally had no trouble on the level of words and sentences the book s style is quite simple , I often lost the main thread Indeed, at times I was so confused that I feel embarrassed in even marking this book as read What is , much of this book s emotional impact seems to I feel myself doubly unqualified to r...It made me understand how life was under the ETA times, and how it could affect people lives How life in a little village has its own dynamics and how lives are constrained against one s own will Only...Probably not the height of literary style or sophistication And so so great precisely because of that So necessary So simple So human So profound, so full of compassion And, last but not least, so horrifying and gripping.A must readBestialI did enjoy this with some reservations.We are in very similar territory to Milkman by Anna Burns a close examination of a society and time wracked by terrorism and the effects of that terrorism on an intimate family and closed social grouping Both writers have personal experience, and parallels are striking even down to the dead cat Aramburu s however has less freighted symbolic significance than Burns , I think.Both novels employ a non linear, mosaic like chronological development I did enjoy this with some reservations.We are in very similar territory to Milkman by Anna Burns a close examination of a society and time wracked by terrorism and the effects of that terrorism on an intimate family and closed social grouping Both writers have personal experience, and parallels are striking even down to the dead cat Aramburu s however has less freighted symbolic significance than Burns , I think.Both novels employ a non linear, mosaic like chronological development which does make demands on the reader I enjoyed Aramburu s short, sharp, apparently unconnected scenes which casually throw in se...Focussing on two families, this novel explores what happens to a small community in the Basque country impacted by ETA It s difficult to totally comprehend what it was like to live in the midst of such times but the author manages to convey a sense of the era The writ...It s my first encounter with Aramburu and Homeland stands somewhere in between of strong three stars and far fetched four It s definitely interesting to read this book, it s not boring and written in a lively manner However, in many ways, it s inferior to other politically dense novels I ve read.First of all, Aramburu prefers to take the beaten track There are ETA members, who are bad, and there are all others, politicallyor less inert Basques, who are different but generally good It s my first encounter with Aramburu and Homeland stands somewhere in between of strong three stars and far fetched four It s definitely interesting to read this book, it s not boring and written in a lively manner However, in many ways, it s inferior to other politically dense novels I ve read.First of all, Aramburu prefers to take the beaten track There are ETA members, who are bad, and there are all others, politicallyor less inert Basques, who are different but generally good this is proved by a total happy end of all storylines Secondly, there are too many characters in this book, and some of them don t contribute to the story at all It may be important to describe in detail all the members of the two principal families, but to dedicate a full chapter to the ETA member s brother s partner s daughter Besides, some storylines disturbingly resemble soap operas It s clear that the author wanted to give the full picture and to make the story inclusive, but characters can t be j...

Patria
  • Spanish
  • 01 February 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 646 pages
  • Fernando Aramburu
  • Patria