Ibaiertzeko ipuinak / Cuentos de la orilla del rio / Stories from the riverbank

Ibaiertzeko ipuina

Type:  Helduen literatura

Writer:  Oihane Amantegi

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Format:  21,5 x 14 cm

Number of pages: 100

ISBN:  978-84-9027-192-6

Year:  2020

Available rights:  Disponible para todas las lenguas / Available for all languages

Theme:  A prodigious literary debit by Oihane Amantegi, who combines carefully-crafted and precise prose with a text full of lyricism and rhythm. / Debut literario de Oihane Amantegi, que une una prosa cuidada y precisa a un texto lleno de lírica y de ritmo.

Synopsis

Ibai bat, Amerikako Estatu Batuetako hegoaldeko bazter galdu batean, zehazten ez den garai ia mitiko batean. Horra eleberri labur bezain hipnotiko honen kokalekua. Eta ibaiaren ertzetan bizi den jendea: eztia biltzen duten nekazari zuri pobreak, ibaian bainatzen diren andre beltz mardulak, eta mundua bere magia guztian deskubritzen duen haurraren begiak, bizitzari nahiz heriotzari begira.

Un río perdido en el Sur profundo de los Estados Unidos, en un tiempo mítico, no determinado. He ahí las coordenadas en que se desarrolla esta novela breve e hipnótica. Y las gentes que habitan esa orilla: campesinos blancos pobres que recogen miel, negras de carnes generosas que se bañan en sus aguas, y los ojos de una niña que descubren toda la magia del mundo, mirando a la vida y a la muerte.

A river hidden in the Deep South of the United States, in a mythical but undefined period. This is the setting for this short but hypnotic novel. The people who live on the riverbanks are either poor white farmers who collect honey or portly black women who bathe in its water, seen through the eyes of a child who discovers the world’s magic as she looks at life and death.

Publisher

Address:  Elkar Argitaletxea, Haizpea poligonoa 1, 20150 Aduna

Telephone:  618755227

Publisher: Elkar

Elkar publishing house was founded in 1975, with the aim of promoting Basque culture. Since then it has been very active as both a publisher and a record label, promoting the literary and musical works of writers and musi- cians and, at the same time, helping to fill gaps in and fulfil the needs of our culture. Thanks to the work carried out in these years, Elkar’s catalogue cur- rently holds more than 2,500 works.