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Shola and the Lions (Paperback)
Bernardo Atxaga; Illustrated by Mikel Valverde; Translated by Margaret Jull Costa; Designed by Mikel Valverde
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"So..." Shola wagged her tail doubtfully, "if I'm a lion, why does
Grogoinsist on calling me a mere mutt?" Shola is sure that her
noble nature and ambitions of grandeur mean only one thing - that
she is, in fact, not a dog but a lioness. To the bemusement of her
long-suffering owner, Senor Grogo, she sets off to prove her heroic
status to the world (and to herself). If only those pesky ducks,
nonchalant cats and tempting snacks weren't there to stand in her
way... The Adventures of Shola was an Independent Children's Book
of the Year 'Fabulous... will make you laugh your socks off'
Guardian Children's Books 'Shola is a charming, short creature
stuffed with charisma and fierce ideas, and so is the book about
her' Bookbag
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The Adventures of Shola (Hardcover)
Bernardo Atxaga; Designed by Mikel Valverde; Illustrated by Mikel Valverde; Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
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Winner of the 2014 Marsh Award for Children's Literature Shola is a
little dog with attitude. Frustratingly for her, she loves both
comfort (mainly in the form of food) and adventure (in theory, at
least), and spends much of her time trying to decide between the
two. Whether she is faced with the possibility that she may really
be a lion or the prospect of a boar-hunt, with eccentric American
visitors or insufferable country bumpkins, Shola is not afraid to
pursue her dreams ... up to a point. Lovingly and revealingly
illustrated by Mikel Valverde, these four stories in one volume are
a treasure-trove of amusement which cannot fail to cheer the
reader. 'Mikel Valverde's illustrations are most expressive and the
English translation comes courtesy of the great Margaret Jull
Costa... Shola is one of the most impressive heroines of the modern
world' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times 'A charming, witty, spirited
collection of stories about the exploits of an irresistibly
characterful little dog' Daniel Hahn, PEN Atlas Books of the Year
'Totally charming' Independent Children's books of the Year>
'Fabulous' Guardian Children's Books 'A short, sweet, and
entertaining story... truly lovely illustrations and some wonderful
wordplay-derived humour' The Book Wars 'First Spot, then Snowy and
now Shola - children's literature has an illustrious history of
plucky S-name canines... Mikel Valverde's illustrations are, like
the best of cartoon strips, wittily and expressively detailed'
Junior 'Funny and heart-warming stories, beautifully packaged and
affectionately and cleverly illustrated' Lancashire Evening Post
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Water over Stones (Paperback)
Bernardo Atxaga; Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Thomas Bunstead
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"A brilliantly inventive writer" A.S. BYATT "The most important
Basque writer of his generation" Times Literary Supplement "Not
just a Basque novelist but the Basque novelist" Guardian Their
lives run into each other, like water running over stones As the
Basque mining town of Ugarte moves from the hazy summer of the 1972
Olympics, through the mining strikes of the turbulent Eighties and
into the modern day, her people navigate the silences, secrets,
joys and tragedies of their lives. From the story of a traumatised
teenage boy at the town's bakery, to the tale of a group of
comrades on an army base in the twilight of Franco's dictatorship,
the interconnected narratives of Water Over Stones confront the
changes time brings to Ugarte's close-knit community, as the lives
of its inhabitants run into to each other like water running
between stones. This extraordinary novel of friendship, nature,
love and the immensity of death shows Bernardo Atxaga's mastery of
his craft, and his ability to create places and characters that are
impossible to forget. Translated from the Spanish by Thomas
Bunstead and Margaret Jull-Costa
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Obabakoak (Paperback)
Bernardo Atxaga
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One of only a hundred or so books originally written in the Basque
language during the last four centuries, Obabakoak is a shimmering,
mercurial novel about life in Obaba, a remote, exotic, Basque
village. Obaba is peopled with innocents and intellectuals,
shepherds and schoolchildren, whilst everyone from a lovelorn
schoolmistress to a cultured but self-hating dwarf wanders across
the page. Obabakoak is a dazzling collage of stories, town gossip,
diary excerpts and literary theory, all held together by Atxaga's
distinctive and tenderly ironic voice.
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Six Basque Poets (English, Basque, Paperback)
Bernardo Atxaga, Rikardo Arregi, Felipe Juaristi; Edited by Mari Jose Olaziregi, Alexandra Buchler; Translated by …
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'Six Basque Poets' is the second volume in a new series of
bilingual anthologies which brings the work of contemporary poets
from Europe and beyond to a wider English-language readership, a
series which aims to keep a finger on the 'here and now' of
international contemporary poetry. The six poets included in this
collection -- Rikardo Arregi, Bernado Atxaga, Felipe Juaristi,
Miren Agur Meabe, Kirmen Uribe and Joseba Sarrionandia -- have
played a defining role in the development of Basque-language poetry
in the last 30 years, since the arrival of what is now referred to
as the 'democratic age' in Spain and the Basque Country. They
represent the diversity of voices and poetic schools that populate
the contemporary Basque literary scene where a variety of
tendencies has emerged in recent decades. Direct, moving and
thought-provoking, the poetry in the present volume gives us
insight into the preoccupations of a literary milieu which may be
marginalized by its use of an ancient language not spoken outside
its territory but which is as powerful and original in its
production as any of the literary centres in today's Europe.
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