{"product_id":"water-over-stones-paperback","title":"Water Over Stones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernardo Atxaga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA perceptive, moving novel about life and death in the Basque Country, from the author of \u003ci\u003eNevada Days. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernardo Atxaga's \u003ci\u003eWater over Stones\u003c\/i\u003e follows a group of interconnected people in a small village in the Basque Country. It opens with the story of a young boy who has returned from his French boarding school to his uncle's bakery, where his family hopes he will speak again. He's been silent since an incident in which he threw a stone at a teacher for reasons unknown. With the assistance of twin brothers who take him to a river in the forest, he'll recover his speech. As the years pass, those twins, now adults, will be part of a mining strike in the Ugarte region, and so take up the mantle of the narrative, just as others will after them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater over Stones\u003c\/i\u003e is similar in nature to Atxaga's earlier books \u003ci\u003eObabakoak \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Accordionist's Son\u003c\/i\u003e, as it weaves in themes of friendship, nature, and death. Yet in capturing a span of time from the early 1970s, when the shadow of the Franco dictatorship still loomed, to 2017, when these boys must learn to leave their old beliefs behind and move on, Atxaga finds new richness and depth in familiar subjects. As threads of water run over stones in the river, so these lives run together, and, over time, technology and industry bring new changes as the wheel of life turns.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernardo Atxaga\u003c\/b\u003e is a prizewinning author whose books, including \u003ci\u003eNevada Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeven Houses in France\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Accordionist's Son\u003c\/i\u003e, have won international critical acclaim. His works have been translated into thirty-two languages. He lives in the Basque Country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning translator of José Saramago, Javier Marías, Eça de Queiroz, and Fernando Pessoa. She is the translator of Bernardo Atxaga's \u003ci\u003eThe Accordionist's Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNevada Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObabakoak\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSeven Houses in France\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766811722016,"sku":"9781644450956","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f421db1df6281a78b9c4e4453d43a66.webp?v=1780299416","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/water-over-stones-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}