Reviews of The Accordionist's Son

“The most accomplished novel to date by an internationally celebrated writer.”

—BOOKFORUM

“A gorgeous and ambitious story about the Basque land and language.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review

“The Accordionist’s Son at first beguiles us with its leisurely flow like a late summer river, but it is a dark river with streaks of blood seeping from the muddy banks of the past. The undercurrents of class divisions, very personal politics and the sins of the fathers pull us deeper. It is a disturbing story about good and evil embedded in the struggle to save a language and culture, a struggle that metamorphoses into terrorism.”

—ANNIE PROULX

“A fresh voice in Basque and Spanish literature…The Accordionist’s Son, first published in the Basque language in 2003, is [Atxaga’s] most accomplished novel.”

—THE INDEPENDENT

“Each character is a world, a story marvelously integrated into the whole… A master storyteller has become a fabulous chronicler of reality. . . The Accordionist’s Son charms and moves us.”

—LA VANGUARDIA

“The first great Basque novel.”

—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

One of the “21 top writers for the 21^st century.”

—THE OBSERVER

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Reviews of The Accordionist's Son