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Author | Bernardo Atxaga |
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Translator | Margaret Jull Costa |
Language | Basque |
Publisher | Erein |
Publication date | 1988 |
Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 1992 |
Pages | 402 |
ISBN | 8475682189 |
Obabakoak is a 1988 novel by the Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga. The title can be translated as "Those from Obaba". The book won the National Literature Prize for Narrative.[1] It is the most internationally successful book in Basque and has been translated into numerous languages. The original Basque version was published by Editorial Erein in 1988, and the author's own Spanish version was published by Ediciones B in 1989. An English translation by Margaret Jull Costa based on the Spanish version was published in 1992.