Spanish Publishers releases the award wining novel “Slow Years”

The novel by Fernando Aramburu won the 2011 Tusquets award.

Spanish Publishers is releasing Fernando Aramburu's “Años lentos” (“Slow Years”) in the US . The novel won the 2011 Tusquets award.

“Slow Years” is told through the eyes of an eight year old boy who goes to live with his relatives in San Sebastian at the end of the seventies. He witnesses how the days go on with the family and neighborhood: his uncle Vicente has a weak character, his aunt Maripuy has a strong personality, his cousin Mari Nieves lives obsessed with boys, and his cousin Julen, a dark and moody young man, is indoctrinated by the local priest and ends up enrolling in the terrorist organization ETA.

This is a story of an era and the origins of ETA in which everyone's destiny is trapped between necessity and ignorance, and their fate suffers a breakdown. “Slow Years” alternates the memories of the main character with the writer's notes and offers a reflection about how life distills into a novel, how the sentimental memory diverts into collective memory, and meanwhile, the crystal-clear writing allows the reader to see a dark background of guilt in the recent history of the Basque Country.

For more information or to request a printed catalog, contact Mariela Díaz at mariela@spanishpublishers.net or 1-866-448-7266 x 16. www.spanishpublishers.net.

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