Patria (novel)

Patria is a Spanish dramatic novel written in 2016 by Fernando Aramburu.

The novel is set in a small rural village from Gipuzkoa, Basque Country where the ETA established their totalitarian regime. This situation affects two families that were friends in the past, but not in the present.

 Summary 
On the day that ETA announces that it will abandon the armed struggle, Bittori visits the cemetery to tell the grave of her husband, El Txato, assassinated by the terrorists, that she has decided to return to the house where they lived.Snippet: Fernando Aramburu’s “Fatherland”, Literary Rambles.

 References 

 Other websites
 Patria at Planeta de Libros 
 (eus) Arinas, Txema (Berria 10/11/2016), 'Eppur si muove'  Retrieved 25/08/2018.
 (eus) Zaldua, Iban (Oharrak & Hondarrak Posted 2017/03/08 "“Patria” gelditzeko etorri da (+ Berehalako plan estrategiko baterako proposamena)". Retrieved 25/08/2018.
 (es) Zaldua, Iban "La literatura, ¿sirve para algo? Una crítica de Patria, de Fernando Aramburu".
 Significant resemblances between Aramburu's Patria and the biography of a former member of ETA (in Spanish)
 The Basque Language in the Novel Patria by Fernando Aramburu (in Spanish)

Category:Non-fiction literature
Category:2016 books