Hijos de la Fábula
Barcelona: Tusquets Editories (Colección Andanzas), 2023. First Edition. Paperback. 312p., indices, wrps. New. Item #81286
ISBN: 9788411072281
Two excited young men, Asier and Joseba, left in 2011 for the south of France with the intention of becoming ETA militants. They await instructions at a chicken farm, welcomed by a French couple with whom they hardly understand each other. There they find out that the gang has announced the cessation of armed activity. Left to their own devices, without money, without experience or weapons, they decide to continue the fight on their own, founding their own organization, in which one will assume the role of boss and disciplined ideologue, and the other the more relaxed subordinate. The contrast between the eagerness for feats and the most ridiculous adventures, under a persistent rain, leads the story towards a kind of comic drama. Until they meet a young woman who proposes a plan. After the success of Patria,This new novel by Fernando Aramburu drags us, in a very agile and surprising way, through an unexpected adventure and a masterful ending. Told with a permanent, caustic, fast humor, written with sentences whose brevity are authentic virtuosity, Hijos de la fábula once again shows us that Fernando Aramburu belongs to the lineage of great writers, those who tell us stories like no one else is capable of.
Price: $44.90