Fernando Aramburu, Patria [Homeland]

Helena Miguelez-Carballeira (Bangor University)

Ed. by Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.02: Spanish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1700-present.
Vol. editors: Santiago Bertrán (University of Oxford), Isabel Berzal Ayuso (Universidad de Alcala de Henares), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Alexis Grohmann (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2016

Places

Spain (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Patria

is the fifth novel by Fernando Aramburu (born in 1959 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain). Published in 2016 by Tusquets, it became the best-selling book of 2017 in Spain and in the same year received the

Premio de la Crítica

(awarded on a yearly basis by the

Asociación Española de Críticos Literarios

), the

Premio Nacional de Narrativa

, the

Premio Euskadi de Literatura

and the

Premio Francisco Umbral al Libro del Año

. A novel dealing with the social effects and legacies of violent national conflict in the Basque country,

Patria

rapidly became a literary phenomenon in Spain, attracting sustained media coverage, positive reviews by leading critics and writers (Mario Vargas Llosa, José-Carlos Mainer, etc.) and even an endorsement from the then-Spanish Prime Minister,…

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Citation: Miguelez-Carballeira, Helena. "Patria". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 July 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38818, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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