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"David Imaz has spent many years living in exile on a ranch in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing 50 and in failing health, he decides to write the story of his youth in the village of Obaba, and the powerful, sweeping narrative that ensues takes the reader from 1936 to 1999."@en
"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."@en
"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."@en
"David Imaz, the protagonist in The Accordionist's Son, was raised in the village of Obaba and is now living in exile on a ranch in California. Nearing fifty and in failing health, he decides to write the story of his youth, a narrative that takes the reader from 1936 to 1999. David's pastoral childhood in Obaba is ruptured when, as a teenager forced to learn the accordion (like his father), he finds a letter implicating his father in fascist activities during the Spanish Civil War, including the execution of local republican sympathizers. This letter leads to other discoveries - like the fact that David's uncle opposed his father's activities - and Obaba's history slowly cracks open to reveal to David the political tensions still raw beneath the surface, and the long shadow cast by the war. With The Accordionist's Son, Atxaga delivers a politically charged and deeply personal novel - It is his finest work to date."
"David Imaz, the protagonist in The Accordionist's Son, was raised in the village of Obaba and is now living in exile on a ranch in California. Nearing fifty and in failing health, he decides to write the story of his youth, a narrative that takes the reader from 1936 to 1999. David's pastoral childhood in Obaba is ruptured when, as a teenager forced to learn the accordion (like his father), he finds a letter implicating his father in fascist activities during the Spanish Civil War, including the execution of local republican sympathizers. This letter leads to other discoveries - like the fact that David's uncle opposed his father's activities - and Obaba's history slowly cracks open to reveal to David the political tensions still raw beneath the surface, and the long shadow cast by the war. With The Accordionist's Son, Atxaga delivers a politically charged and deeply personal novel - It is his finest work to date."@en
"A celebrated international author, listed among the "21 top writers for the 21st century" (The Observer, U.K.) As David Imaz, on the threshold of adulthood, divides his time between his uncle Juan's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practices the accordion, a tradition that his authoritarian father insists he continue, he becomes increasingly aware of the long shadow cast by the Spanish Civil War. Letters found in a hotel attic, along with a silver pistol, lead David to unravel the story of the conflict, including his father's association with the fascists, and the opposition of his uncle, who took considerable risks in helping to hide a wanted republican. With affection and lucidity, Bernardo Atxaga describes the evolution of a young man caught between country and town, between his uncle the horse-breeder and his political father. The course of David's life changes one summer night when he agrees to shelter a group of students on the run from the military police. This is the most accomplished novel to date by an internationally celebrated writer. The Accordionist's Son is memorable for its epic scope-from 1936 to 1999-and the details with which it sparkles in gorgeous prose. It is easy to understand why The Observer listed Atxaga as one of the top twenty-one writers for the twenty-first century."@en

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"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"@es
"History"@en
"History"
"Historical fiction"@en
"Electronic books"@en

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"Сын аккордеониста"
"Der Sohn des Akkordeonspielers : Roman"
"Soinujolearen semea"
"El hijo del acordionista"
"El hijo del acordeonista"
"El hijo del acordeonista"@es
"Harmonikaspillerens søn"@da
"The accordionist's son a novel"@en
"El Hijo del acordeonista"
"El Fill de l'acordionista"
"The accordionist's son"
"The accordionist's son"@en
"Il libro di mio fratello"@it
"Il libro di mio fratello"
"Syn akkordeonista"
"El fill de l'acordionista"
"O fillo do acordeonista"

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