'It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived.' - Mario Vargas Llosa

Miren and Bittori have been best friends all their lives, growing up in the same small town in the north of Spain. With limited interest in politics, the terrorist threat posed by ETA seems to affect them little. When Bittori’s husband starts receiving threatening letters from the violent group, however – demanding money, accusing him of being a police informant – she turns to her friend for help. But Miren’s loyalties are torn: her son Joxe Mari has just been recruited to the group as a terrorist and to denounce them as evil would be to condemn her own flesh and blood. Tensions rise, relationships fracture, and events race towards a violent, tragic conclusion . . .

Fernando Aramburu’s Homeland is a gripping story and devastating exploration of the meaning of family, friendship, what it’s like to live in the shadow of terrorism, and how countries and their people can possibly come to terms with their violent pasts.

A father is clinging to their routines and hobbies, such as caring for the fish to cope with the disruption of a hospitalized and invalid daughter; a marriage just annoyed by the harassment of anatics against a neighbor and hope that it decided to leave; a man doing everything possible to avoid being appointed, and lives terrified because everybody turns their back to him; a woman decides to leave with their children without understanding why they harass her.

Bami es una chica tan callada que, en casa, su padre a veces la obligaba a hablar. Cuando este desaparece arrastrado por una riada, la madre de Bami decide ahorrarle a su hija una B+vida esterilB; en un pueblo de montana y la envia a Antibula, ciudad donde reside uno de sus hermanos. Bami entonces promete mostrarse mas comunicativa con la gente y aprender a desobedecer, al tiempo que acepta el encargo de su maestra: entregar un misterioso mensaje a alguien que vive en cierto edificio de la ciudad. Sin embargo, a causa de un tragico suceso a bordo del barco que la lleva a Antibula, Bami se convierte en una chica sin sombra. Entre el sueno y la realidad, o la vida y la muerte, Bami recorre las calles hasta dar con el edificio donde debera entregar el mensaje de la maestra. Inicia entonces una dificil ascension a traves de un inquietante laberinto habitado por gente extrana, mientras en su memoria resuenan las calidas voces de su madre, de su maestra, de sus recuerdos.