ordaina

ph. k. dick

Dick sets his stories in the future. We’ve been living in that future for a long time now, especially when it comes to social control. And the consumer society. Signs of dystopia, in fact. Dick’s universe hasn’t aged: his stories are still fun to read. And sometimes they stir us up inside because, as we say, the future has become our crude reality (“Foster hilda zaude” seems more like something by Dickens than by Dick). This collection also takes us back to our past. In fact, Dick is an important point of reference in our popular culture. Whether we realise it (in comics from the 80’s) or not (in films). It’s wonderful to have Dick in Basque.

lorea gernika: andrazko bat

koldo izagirre

Izagirre has opened his own little oasis in the universe of literature. To such an extent that he says that the subject has forced him to reinvent himself. And that’s true for his style and characters. But not in terms of his chronicle of our society and the poetic feel of many passages, and they help to place Lorea’s experiences and happiness to live in the universe mentioned above. To read to the smell of fresh, spring grass.

itzalak bizi diren lurraldea

alberto ladron arana

This writer won the 2001 Irun Hiria novel prize with this book. A story full of fantasy and magic, a new, “improved” version has now been published with the aim of being to younger readers’ taste. Imagination has created many new worlds: “The Lord of the Rings”, “Game of Thrones”… From now on we will be able to say that there is a Basque book with peculiar names and maps on the first page. And, in spite of what many people think, fantasy and magic literature are not sub-literature. Many people get into literature when they are children thanks to these books.

barrukoa

eider eibar

Illustrator Eider Eibar has just published an especially interesting book in a beautiful format with a publishers who brings out many different types of book. They say that creators normally try to bring out what they have inside. In this case, the creator looks inside from the outside and, when in there, shows it to us in all its crudity before filtering it through logic.