Bernardo Atxaga, Obabakoak

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In 1992, Bernardo Atxaga’s Obabakoak, a collection of short stories about a mythical village in the Basque Country, was translated into English, to great acclaim. Nearly twenty years later, in January 2011, the announcement of a ceasefire by Basque Separatist group ETA has led to a number of articles, each accompanied by a picture of three masked figures, fists raised, in front of a poster emblazoned with ETA’s motto, Bietan Jarrai (“Keep up on both”). While the ‘mythology’ of this image concentrates and accentuates elements of violence and hostility, Obabakoak offers a different perspective, one which encourages us, as readers, to look beyond the masks.

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Hulme, H., (2011) “Bernardo Atxaga, Obabakoak”, Opticon1826 10.

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Harriet Hulme (UCL)

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