"The Accordionist's Son" (UK)

The publisher Harvill Secker has published Bernardo Atxaga's novel "The Accordionist's Son".

Here are some recent reviews:

"Atxaga"s dextrous interweaving of themes and vibrant evocation of people and places make the book not an embellishment of life but a celebration of its richness".
Times, Tom Deveson

"It is also the work of a craftsman. The ease with which Atxaga moves back and forward in time is impressive. There is a controlling intelligence at work. He is also adept at bringing all the huge cast of characters to life. The book has the depth and amplitude of the classic novel".
LexisNexis

"a literary voice of startling originality and a passionate guardian of Basque national memory... a eulogy to the lost country of his youth. Atxaga's great strength is his talent for conveying in such simple terms the moral complexity of his characters. As the complex web of David’s regrets and longings slowly unravels, the novel conjures a compelling image of a man trapped by the horrors of his past."
Sunday Telegraph, Ed King

"Bernardo Atxaga's leisurely novel is a rare thing in our literary culture. Look around a bookshop's tables of fiction and you will see very few translated books; maybe a couple of contemporary novels from France, a few reissued classics from Russia and Germany and South America. The rest will be British and American".
Telegraph

"Atxaga beautifully explores memory, friendship, love and happiness against the backdrop of civil war and its aftermath, and shows how these have affected the Basque people".
Spain magazine

"Atxaga's writing evokes the world of the Basque people and their struggle to survive. A highly recommended read". Aesthetica Magazine, Shona Fairweather

"a Basque living in California recounts memories of life back home, where the Spanish Civil War casts a long shadow".
Conde Nast Traveller