Child

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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"Is Aramburu the Tolstoy of the Basque country?"—The GuardianFrom the author of the Dublin Literary Award longlisted Homeland, comes an emotionally gripping novel based on true eventsOn 23rd October 1980, a gas explosion killed fifty children in a small school in Ortuella, a small, industrial town twenty miles from Bilbao. Nearly every family was affected.The Child follows the story of one family during the aftermath of the tragedy. In piercing, unadorned prose, Aramburu portrays ordinary people with extraordinary humanity: the grandfather who refuses to believe his grandson is gone, the parents determined to persevere, and a community that tries to both remember and forget.A heartbreaking, unforgettable story, The Child explores the private shadows of a Basque family shaken by unspeakable tragedy in this intimate novel about trauma and its wake.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-10-22
Mått135 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEuropa Editions (UK) Ltd
ISBN9781787706675
ÖversättareWill Vanderhyden

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Fernando Aramburu is the internationally celebrated author of thirteen novels and multiple short-story collections. His awards include the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Prize, the Euskadi Prize, the Dulce Chacón Prize, the Mario Vargas Llosa NH Prize, the Tusquets Novel Prize, the Biblioteca Breve Prize, the 2017 National Prize for Narrative, the Strega Europeo, and the Taobuk Award for Literary Excellence. His novel Patria/Homeland became a European phenomenon. He lives in Germany. Will Vanderhyden is an NEA- and Lannan-funded translator of Spanish-language fiction. He has translated Rodrigo Fresán, Carlos Labbé, Fernanda García Lao, Andrés Felipe Solano, and others. His translations have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, Two Lines, and Slate. His translation of The Invented Part won the Best Translated Book Award; Melvill won the 2024 Republic of Consciousness Prize and the 2024 Big Other Book Award for Translation.