'It's been a long time since I've read a book that was so persuasive and moving, so intelligently conceived.' Mario Vargas Llosa Miren and Bittori have been best friends all their lives, growing up in the same small town in the north of Spain. With limited interest in politics, the terrorist threat posed by ETA seems to affect them little. When Bittori's husband starts receiving threatening letters from the violent group, however - demanding money, accusing him of being a police informant - she turns to her friend for help. But Miren's loyalties are torn: her son Joxe Mari has just been recruited to the group as a terrorist and to denounce them as evil would be to condemn her own flesh and blood. Tensions rise, relationships fracture, and events race towards a violent, tragic conclusion . . . Fernando Aramburu's Homeland is a gripping story and devastating exploration of the meaning of family, friendship, what it's like to live in the shadow of terrorism, and how countries and their people can possibly come to terms with their violent pasts.
Fernando Aramburu (San Sebastián, 1959) es autor de los libros de cuentos Los peces de la amargura (2006, XI Premio Mario Vargas Llosa NH, IV Premio Dulce Chacón y Premio Real Academia Española 2008) y El vigilante del fiordo (2011), de las obras de no ficción Autorretrato sin mí (2018), Vetas profundas (2019) y Utilidad de las desgracias (2020), así como de las novelas Fuegos con limón (1996), Los ojos vacíos (2000, Premio Euskadi), El trompetista del Utopía (2003), Bami sin sombra (2005), Viaje con Clara por Alemania (2010), Años lentos (2012, VII Premio Tusquets Editores de Novela y Premio de los Libreros de Madrid), La gran Marivián (2013), Ávidas pretensiones (Premio Biblioteca Breve 2014) y Patria (2016, Premio Nacional de Narrativa, Premio de la Crítica, Premio Euskadi, Premio Francisco Umbral, Premio Dulce Chacón, Premio Arcebispo Juan de San Clemente, Premio Strega Europeo, Premio Lampedusa, Premio Atenas...), el último gran fenómeno literario español, traducida a 35 lenguas y convertida en prestigiosa serie por Aitor Gabilondo para HBO.
