cuentos de la estrella legumbre
javier olivares
You can see this illustrator’s commissioned work in many different places but perhaps the best thing he’s ever done is this project of his own, which he started about 15 years ago. He has published the illustrated stories in Cuentos de la Estrella Legumbre in many different magazines, fanzines and other publications. He uses strong black and white drawings to accompany his texts, which are full of poetry and dark humour. He numbered all his stories, so when you came across a new illustratated story in a magazine it was almost impossible to know how many you had missed out on and where they had been published. The publishers Media vaca have brought them all together and published them in a beautiful collection. A masterpiece.
sinplistak
hedoi etxarte
Sinplista is a word which had, of course, many different meanings, although Hedoi Etxarte’s poetry is by no means over-simplified. The main characters in his poems are given names and surnames. Who on earth is Dritëro Agolli? Wikipedia: Dritëro Agolli: Albanian poet writer, politician... You can’t say we don’t learn things by reading poetry! Although they’re young, Etxarte is part of a very well-read generation. His poetry is crude. He doesn’t spare his words, he didn’t use the filter of beauty. He’s from the street rather then making a point about being so; academic rather than an enthusiast for academia. This poet collects reactions, answers and throws salt into the wound; he’s a provoker in the worst sense of the word; real provocation always hurts... and we love his work because of all of that.
kodeen liburua
simon singh.
This book, which explains and looks into stories about codes, has been translated into many languages and has been a best seller in many countries. Now that Elhuyar Fundazio has translated it, we have the chance to enjoy it in Basque too. The writer, the English mathematician and physicist Simon Singh, has written many books to make science better understood by the general public. In this new book he studies code systems and explains how they have developed throughout history. Finding out about encrypting systems and codes and the importance of codes throughout history has been a great discovery. The book is written like a thriller.
aldamenekoa
ainara gorostizu
As soon as you read this book’s title you realise that it’s going to be a different type of writing. When the writer was choosing a title, she could have chosen, for instance, the others, the foreigners, the immigrants... but she chose the neighbours. And that choice sums up the book’s tone. When something happens (something dramatic or negative), it’s only immigrants who get mentioned in the media. Gorostizu has based her report on those other periods of time which are of no interest to the media. She tells us that people who have come from all over the world, and you are still to come, are “us and ours”.