Distant nuts
Zomorrotu
Aintzane Usandizaga
Txalaparta, 2023
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Zomorrotu is the second collection of adult stories edited by Aintzane Usandizaga. Page 77 explains what a bicheus is: what happens “after having been fascinated by someone”, losing interest, getting bored, becoming everyday. However, the cover illustration of Pili Aguado’s book brings us another reading: a person half-shows the naked face that appears when lifting his costume or mask. Because that's what we're going to find in this book. People, lifestyles, relationships or jobs idealized by some characters will lose shine and suddenly appear with lights and shadows.
These are five long narratives, divided into sections, in which some characters appear in more than one story. Alternatively, they will be first-, second- or third-class characters. The story of Mai and Maddalen is perhaps the one with the most centrality, and I've been eager to know more about Ojo. That's why I think it's not a novel, because to do so, we need to develop more networks between characters and the threads of stories.
Achilles and The best we could do are the most rounded. Simmer until the final blow. As we move forward in life, we can see how easy it can fall or, if you will, how we could knock it down. Moreover, these texts allow us to reflect on the family and work, two areas and networks of relationships that are basic pillars in our society. These stories also give us time to reflect on affective sexual relations and friendship, as the author provides a series of situations that occur in youth and maturity, and between these two ages.
Reading L I have enjoyed the good humor of the author and some of his images, such as strips and two between the protagonist and the teacher of the self-school.
But the most interesting thing is the bicheus or fall of the costume on the leaves. What to do when personal vulnerability appears? After realizing your old fantasy? When you meet the person you admire? If the opportunity comes to fulfill dreams? When do you keep the wheel of your life?
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.
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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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For a matter of work, I had to reread this wonderful book. A short book that brings together feminist theory, genealogy and history, and that will surely have a lot of criticism looking on the net and, surprise! I found one, which Irati Majuelo wrote in Berria.El book published... [+]
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Spring is usually a promise of a cold winter nose that can come after the landing, and has been annotated several times for sleep. Promise, however, is never a safe spring in a ruined terrain. Not at least if we are talking about change or, in particular, revolution. Maddi... [+]
It all started on a field trip with her cousin and her husband. They went to dinner and didn't go home. The protagonist went out to look for them and found a wall. From there, the wall does not let him move forward and sees two characters frozen as dead. Beyond the wall death... [+]