Writer Fernando Aramburu (San Sebastián, 1959) realizes that he is a “troublemaker” for many of his compatriots, but cannot help falling into “ponds full of crocodiles” when he begins to write, as he says. : “I do not care. If I was afraid to write, I would garden or play chess.”
Aramburu presented his new novel this Wednesday in Madrid “Sons of the fable” (Tusquets) is a story that comes to mind at the same time as ‘Patria’ after ETA announced the end of armed activity.
Two very different approaches and After the huge success of ‘Patria’Aramburu began this novel after wondering if all the militants really agreed with their boss’s decision when ETA decided to leave, or if there were those who had supposedly decided to continue the armed struggle on their own.
“Sons of the fable” stars two excited young men, Asier and Joseba, He marched to the south of France in 2011 to become an ETA militant. They await instructions at a poultry farm when they learn that the gang has announced that they have ceased armed activity. Left to their own devices, without money, inexperience and unarmed, they decide to set up their own organization and continue the war on their own; it’s an adventure that often brings them to the brink of awkwardness.
Fernando Aramburu believes that satirizing totalitarianism or injustice is a very healthy exercise, but he claims to never subject his literary work to postulating anything or defending a thesis: “I have a moral filter,” he explains, which ensures that he is not afraid. . to be up to the task.height” and hurting those who are already suffering“, something he guarantees he won’t forgive himself for.
The fact that this book left out the ETA victims, as they were never mentioned in the novel, left him. “Hands free for satire”, However, the author disclosed that he consulted a victim who said the argument was okay with him.
“Sometimes, the limits set by the Criminal Code are also mentioned, apart from the limits drawn by the author, if any. ethical criteria‘ pointed Aramburu.
The Basque author, who has lived in Germany for many years, says he knows that while his books are selling well in the Basque Country, his literature has become “disturbing” as it is accompanied by interviews with expressions highly hostile to nationalism. ” for some people who feel “unloved”. But he says he doesn’t care.
Fernando Aramburu thought his last novel came out after a sentence by Fernando Savater about ETA.: “We aspire to get rid of terrorists and then laugh at them.” “My intention was to unwittingly move my hands while typing,” she admits.
This novel is part of a series of novels or short stories about the “Basque people” and “Ordinary neighbors of the Basque Country”Expressing his admiration for people and language, he explains Aramburu as follows: “This is why all my novels are about living together, beings living in the same place as me.”
Aramburu, who won awards such as the National Narrative, the Critics, European Strega, Lampedusa or City of Athens with his “Patria”, as well as other awards, says he is in a position to write a novel. noir novel, nor historical; Instead, he concludes, “I put two Basques on the mountain and I know I’m going to make the most of them.”
Source: Informacion
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