Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (Winner Of The Spanish National Liter

Description: When Liborio Uribe found that he was going to die, he wanted to once again see a painting by Aurelio Arteta, his wife s father. Liborio had spent his entire life at sea, like his son Jose, living out unforgettable adventures that fade into obscurity. Years later, faced with the same painting, Liborio s grandson Kirmen, a writer and poet, uses these family stories to write a novel. "Bilbao - New York - Bilbao" takes place during a flight to New York and tells the story of journeys of three generations of the same family. Through letters, diaries, e-mails, poems, and dictionaries, it creates a mosaic of memories and stories that form an homage to a world that has almost disappeared, as well as a hymn to the continuity of life. A novel, it is also a reflection on the art of writing, and lies between life and fiction."
Prizes: Winner of Premio Nacional de Narrativa (National Novel Prize) 2009 and Premio de la Critica de Narrativa en Euskera (Critics Award for Fiction in Basque) 2008.