Turn on the flashlight
It is common to talk about the shadows of the lights in the literature, the dark side of a character, the stumbling blocks of a civilization or the vicissitudes of hidden life. But Arrate Egaña takes the opposite course in the collection of Itzalen shimmering stories: black clouds can always have solar rays.
The title marks the point of departure and the thread that these stories share, because, if not, the themes and situations of these texts are very varied: in clearing what has been lived in prison, artistic councils for the future, the transition between life and death, those carried out for the recognition of others, family ties and ruptures, those of friendship and love, the management of the burden of dependency and the ecological justice of young people.
There are eight narratives in total and their protagonists are not usual: a man who has just come out of jail, an old lady who lives looking out of the window, an athlete daughter who is going to prepare the funeral for the church, a soloist who goes on a tour of the retirees, a young lady who is about to leave her parents, a high school student for the teacher, a seriéphilous who wants to recover the lost life and a green vegan animal lover.
I have been made uncomfortable by Marquez, the Substitute Theory and the Final Destination stories, because those that are produced create a strange environment, because there are behaviors that are socially rejected, and therefore, those that are explained there allow philosophical debates about ethics or morality.
Who is this bed of? The other one who lives in Me and with Mercy's narratives has come to me a smile. Because, despite the ailments and dislikes of situations, it is easy to empathize with the protagonist at some point. We have all had similar contradictory thoughts or feelings at some time.
With Lolita's mother, being involved in a literature teacher, I have a desire to share it with my fellow teachers and with my students (I have not yet done so). And the story Itzalak is at the heart of this collection, because many shadows come together under one roof, within a normal family; parallel turning points of many lives. This book has been a nice surprise, curious, beautiful and recommendable.
Guardasola wants rain
Patxi Zubizarreta
Illustrations: Irrimarra
Ibaizabal, 2024
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30 years ago Patxi Zubizarreta published the book Marigoringoak hegan; J. M. Illustrated by Lavarello and by the hand of the Catalan publisher... [+]
Eyes on the horizon
Writer: Illustrator Miren Agur
Meabe: Ane Pikaza
Elkar, 2020
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Miren Agur Meabe has published several texts and books. He's worked with all the literary genres: children's and youth literature,... [+]
Barrengaizto
Beatrice Salvioni (Translation:
deceit Fernando Rey)
Txalaparta, 2024
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Fernando Rey has chosen the title of Barrizto to translate La malnata de Beatrice Salvioni. King says he has tried to be the voice of the... [+]
PELLOKERIAK
Ruben Ruiz
Illustrations: Joseba Beramendi, exprai.
Elkar, 2022
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Rubén Ruiz offers a new work of short stories. They are not micronarratives, because the stories, although they can be read independently, have a... [+]
Memet
Noemie Marsily and Isabella
Cieli For Centos, 2022
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We opened the zipper of the camping in red and looked through the leek along with Lucy. With this cover, the reader receives the comic book Memet. Simple words... [+]
A Heart Museum
Leire Vargas
Elkar, 2024
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The Basque cultural system has a thirst for young people. That's what Leire Vargas said in the written column in Berria. The industry is looking for fresh, varied and diverse... [+]
What you love. Word recall, live reading
Miren Billelabeitia
Pamiela, 2022
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Miren Billelabeitia has been a professor at the institute, a literary aficionado and a professor of Universal Literature for years. In 2022 he... [+]
Snarka Lewis Carroll
Hunting
Images:
Translation and Edition of Henry Holiday:Manu LÓpez Gaseni
Pamiela, 2024
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The work we have before us was published in the spring. After the works of Alice in Wonderland,... [+]
Lighting
Miriam Luki
Susa, 2023
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Translations
Miren Agur Meabe
Elkar, 2023
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Last year, Miren Agur Meabe published the novel Itzulerak. As the main characters are young people, we could say that it is juvenile literature, but when literature is good, it is for... [+]
Text:
Ilan Brenman
Illustrations: Guilherme Karsten
translation: In Alkain
Denonartean, 2024
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At the end of this album is a quote from Benjamin Franklin: “There has never been a good war, nor a bad peace.” And... [+]
Pozo
Goiatz Labandibar
Erein, 2024
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The Pozo de Goiatz Labandibarren is a growth novel that takes place one day: the descent of menstruation. Or in other words, a hero's journey, why not.
As often happens in this... [+]
Sorry as if there were no
Mariana Travacio
Erein, 2024
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Although the title may seem like a self-help book, this is a Western text that Erein has published in the narrative section. In the excellent translation of... [+]
Josefa, neskame
Alaitz Melgar Agirre
Elkar, 2022
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Josefa Agirre Etxeberria was one of the women who was raised during the Franco regime. After being exiled at the age of fourteen, he was forced to change his residence... [+]
In the maze of
the theatre I Ander
Lipus EHAZE and Susa
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Playwright Ander Lipus has published with EHAZE and Susa his publications on theatrical autobiography and theatre. In the maze of theatre I. Notebook of Bitácora and... [+]