"The most important Basque writer of his generation" Times Literary Supplement
"Not just a Basque novelist but the Basque novelist" Guardian
Their lives run into each other, like water running over stones
As the Basque mining town of Ugarte moves from the hazy summer of the 1972 Olympics, through the mining strikes of the turbulent Eighties and into the modern day, her people navigate the silences, secrets, joys and tragedies of their lives.
From the story of a traumatised teenage boy at the town s bakery, to the tale of a group of comrades on an army base in the twilight of Franco s dictatorship, the interconnected narratives of Water Over Stones confront the changes time brings to Ugarte s close-knit community, as the lives of its inhabitants run into to each other like water running between stones.
This extraordinary novel of friendship, nature, love and the immensity of death shows Bernardo Atxaga s mastery of his craft, and his ability to create places and characters that are impossible to forget.
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead and Margaret Jull-Costa
About the Author
Bernardo Atxaga was born in Gipuzkoa in Spain in 1951 and lives in the Basque Country, writing in Basque and Spanish. He is a prizewinning novelist and poet, whose books, including Obabakoak (1992), The Accordionist s Son (2007)and Nevada Days (2017), have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad. In 2019 he was awarded the National Prize for Spanish Letters. His works have been translated into thirty-two languages.
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