Jenisjoplin - Paperback

by Uxue Alberdi (Author), Nere Lete (Translator)

From the birth in 1982 of the protagonist, Nagore Vargas, to the novel's end in 2014, Jenisjoplin is not only the journey of Nagore's life but also that of the Basque Country through the last three decades--a journey from a culture of heroes to a culture of the vulnerable; from times of face-to-face confrontations to silent wars; from times of violence to times of guilt; from times of communal consciousness to times of individualism; from times of principles to times of self-preservation; from times of unrest in the streets to times of staying at home ... --Uxue Alberdi

Author Biography

Uxue Alberdi Estibaritz (Elgoibar, 1984) is a writer and a bertsolari (improvisational poet.) She is the author of 2 collections of short stories; Aulki bat elurretan (A chair on the Snow) Elkar, 2007; Euli-giro (Sense of Chagrin) Susa, 2013, three novels Aulki Jokoa (Musical Chairs) Elkar, 2009; Jenisjoplin, Susa 2017 which was selected as the winner of the Academia Saria 111 award (Readers' Choice) and Dendaostekoak (Backroom Stories) Susa, 2020. Her essay Kontrako eztarritik (Through the Wrong Pipe) Susa, 2019, received the 2020 Essay Euskadi Award. Among many published works for children, her story Besarkada (The Embrace) received the 2016 Children and Young Adult Euskadi Award Literature.