- Published: 15 October 2008
- ISBN: 9780099492771
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $26.99
The Accordionist's Son
- Published: 15 October 2008
- ISBN: 9780099492771
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $26.99
The first great Basque novel
Times Literary Supplement
Each character is a world, a story marvellously integrated into the whole...A master storyteller has become a fabulous chronicler of reality. If Obabakoak charmed us, The Accordionist's Son charms and moves us
La Vanguardia
Bernardo Atxaga's books are performing an important service to his people and his language
Times Literary Supplement
In all his work, Atxaga delves into the impact of the political on individual lives. What is most moving in The Accordionist's Son is the push and counter-push of these pressures on a believable individual (and Margaret Jull Costa's elegant and unfussy translation gives us a clear view of him in English)
Guardian
This most delicate and personal of novels packs a powerful political message
Independent
Charming and compelling
Big Issue
This is a richly textured, beautifully-written glimpse into a world that makes its otherworldliness felt
Sunday Business Post
A briliantly inventive writer... terribly moving and wildly funny
A. S. Byatt
A magical novel that exlores friendship and memory, language and loss
Metro
Incredibly powerful... magnificently written
Financial Times