When I read stories by Katixa Agirre my curiosity awakens, and I feel nervous. What’s happening to me? Whether it’s a great event or something trivial, the main character will
A young nanny entering her employers’ lavish home in the Basque Country has a sudden premonition that something is amiss. The scene that awaits in the master bedroom is horrific:
The Streets of Gabriel Aresti In the city where I live and write, there was a poet named Gabriel Aresti. In one of his poems, he beseeched: God forbid they put my name on a street
In recent years, Spanish literature has seen a boom in female writers, with a new generation of women writing novels that deal with important, contemporary, worldwide issues such a
Last year I discovered Basque writer Katixa Agirre thanks to Editorial Tránsito, an independent publisher based in Madrid that publishes Spanish women’s writing, as well as wome
After spending a summer filled with books, it’s great to be back with another La Española. A lot has happened in the translation world since the last edition; we’ve seen Women
Basque is a language with a long and rich literary history; however, with its roots firmly planted in an oral tradition, the first published book dates back to only 1545. Since the
