BOOK CLUB / BILBAO-NEW YORK-BILBAO

Author Kirmen Uribe will be joining the conversation.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Winner of the prestigious National Prize for Literature in Spain, Kirmen Uribe’s Bilbao-New York-Bilbao is a mesmerizing novel that reflects upon three generations of Kirmen’s family history. Written from the perspective of the author as he embarks on a long transatlantic flight, Kirmen traces his family roots back in time via art history and tales of fishing adventures in the wild North Atlantic.

A REVIEW:
“Sharing the Basque literary tradition is, for Uribe, a form of hospitality: “We need to invite the people passing by to come into our house and offer them something there, even if that something is hardly anything. We have the tradition we have and that’s what we have to go on with.” This text is Uribe’s offering, but it is much more than “hardly anything.” He offers insight into his own history and raises questions about the construction of that history, what it takes to preserve the traditions that build you.” – Katy Dycus (read the entire review HERE)