The accordionist's son / Bernardo Atxaga ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
| Author/creator | Atxaga, Bernardo |
| Other author | Costa, Margaret Jull. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2009. |
| Description | 370 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Soinujolearen semea. English |
| Series | A Lannan translation selection Lannan translation series selection. ^A768375 |
| Abstract | David Imaz, the teenage son of an accordionist, begins to suspect his father participated in the execution of villagers accused of being Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. Twenty-five years after the war officially ended, political?even inadvertently political?choices remain deadly, but fear of Franco's civil guard neither darkens the innocence or exuberance of the young nor lightens the guilt of their parents. In Obaba, grudges and friendships are long-lasting and deep, and secrets are buried only shallowly.--From Publisher's Weekly. |
| General note | First published in Basque in 2003; First published in Spanish in 2004; English translation first published in 2007. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| LCCN | 2008935597 |
| ISBN | 1555975178 : |
| ISBN | 9781555975173 : |