Homeland by Fernando Aramburu
An epic and heartbreaking story of two best friends whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism.
A powerful saga. . Aramburu is a captivating writer . . . Few books make me cry these days but by the final page I found my eyes prickling with tears. * Sunday Times *
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived. -- Mario Vargas Llosa
A brilliant and important book. Our planet is covered with lines of various kind, and Aramburu masterfully examines the bodies and souls those lines cut through like razors. -- Nadeem Aslam
A powerful novel . . . Aramburu skilfully spins their stories in short, punchy chapters that dart back and forth in time. * The Economist *
A magnificent novel which is becoming a publishing, political and literary phenomenon. A story imbued with a spine-tingling sense of realism. * La Vanguardia *
Homeland is, above all, a great and considered novel . . . combing evocation and analysis . . . War and Peace by Tolstoy did it. The work of Fernando Aramburu achieves the same thing. * El País *
A work of tremendous power . . . we’re once again reminded how overwhelming and powerful literature can be. * Die Zeit *
Shedding the occasional tear doesn’t matter. It is in any case difficult to read Homeland and remain dry-eyed. * Corriere della Sera *
Aramburu recounts the lives of ordinary people shattered by events that are ongoing in Spain today even years after ETA has suspended its armed campaign . . . A humane, memorable work of literature. * Kirkus (starred review) *
A 'Best books' by Isabel Allende for The List * The Week *
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived. -- Mario Vargas Llosa
A brilliant and important book. Our planet is covered with lines of various kind, and Aramburu masterfully examines the bodies and souls those lines cut through like razors. -- Nadeem Aslam
A powerful novel . . . Aramburu skilfully spins their stories in short, punchy chapters that dart back and forth in time. * The Economist *
A magnificent novel which is becoming a publishing, political and literary phenomenon. A story imbued with a spine-tingling sense of realism. * La Vanguardia *
Homeland is, above all, a great and considered novel . . . combing evocation and analysis . . . War and Peace by Tolstoy did it. The work of Fernando Aramburu achieves the same thing. * El País *
A work of tremendous power . . . we’re once again reminded how overwhelming and powerful literature can be. * Die Zeit *
Shedding the occasional tear doesn’t matter. It is in any case difficult to read Homeland and remain dry-eyed. * Corriere della Sera *
Aramburu recounts the lives of ordinary people shattered by events that are ongoing in Spain today even years after ETA has suspended its armed campaign . . . A humane, memorable work of literature. * Kirkus (starred review) *
A 'Best books' by Isabel Allende for The List * The Week *
Fernando Aramburu is one of the most outstanding of current writers in Spanish. His nine novels and four books of short stories have been widely praised. But it is his novel Patria (Homeland), acclaimed by critics and a stunning success among readers in Spain and across Europe, that has gained him the widest international readership. Homeland has been awarded numerous prizes, including the National Prize for Literature and the National Critics Prize in Spain and the Strega Europeo Prize and the Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa International Literary Prize in Italy.
He currently lives in Germany, where he worked as a Spanish teacher since 1985. Homeland is his first book to be translated into English.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781509858033 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509858032 |
| Title | Homeland |
| Author | Fernando Aramburu |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2019-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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