Chumea Island
One of the top works dedicated to the port of Gurean will probably be Sua nahi, Mr. Churchill? by Koldo Izagirre. Starting from the port, Requrio will become more involved in the creation of Aurelia Arkotxa, the second, on a journey through the seas. But the people in the port, that was the axis of Izagirre, the people, because without it there is no port, no sea, no children of mother. Without neglecting the human race, in Arkotxarenea the places, the geography, the seabed we tread are of particular importance.
In addition to the erudition of Aurelia Arkotxa (“aventurosa and even erratic”), the Scottish poet Kenneth White says in his preamble: “It started with a book. It would support all his erudition leading to another world, to fully express the impetus of his inner being.” Result: four great narratives full of small narratives (and a few poems in the final part, some suitable for a pop song: “Grand Manan V ferryan / two sailors cribaggean / jostetan / killing time”).
Four narratives become, for example, catalogs of curious peoples, such as “Pliny in Natural History and many other authors follow him”. Those who become, for example, simple advice, very wise for the road, like this one: “The foreigner and three-day fish, which are bad smells.” Those who become, for example, crushers will say nothing more than a mythology, but they will be counter-points or at least complements. For example, Basque whaling: “And they knew, the Basque travelers, that those sailors did not always behave well with the ‘Indian Savas’ and ‘wormhead helmets’ mentioned in some ancient Basque songs.” O Québec, which has no tachuelas, is an oppressor of the indigenous peoples that is read in these pages: “We just had to speak in French at school.” Conclusion: “Here, Quebec’s ‘autochthonous’ have not voted in favour of the PQ.”
We have said: the places, the geography, the seamounts we tread are of particular importance in that of Arkotxa. The names of all of them, Portutxo, Ophorportu, Chumea Island, a curious, close, but at the same time exotic, suggestive Emak Bakia of Oskar Alegría. Portutxo, recreational port, a humble island, this creation that Aurelia Arkotxa has the second.
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