Eta emakumeari sugeak esan zion

by Lourdes Oñederra

Lourdes Oñederraren nobelak bidaiaren, bidaia fisikoaren antolaketa du. Euskal Herriko hiriburu batetik Europa erdialdeko hiri batera egindako aldaketa du narrazioak kokagune espaziala. Barne-bidaia da, baina, nobela honetan abentura nagusia. Emakumearen (Teresaren) barne-bilakaerak eramango du pertsonaia nagusi horren desasosegua senarrarengandik hamar urte lehenagoko lagunaren besoetaraino, eta harengandik bizitzaren muturreraino. Bakardade latza. Beste inorekin konpartitu gabeko sekretu lazgarria. Bakardade bakardadeagoa. Ez bizitzan egokitutako gizonek (agertu eta desagertu baino ez), ez haiengandik saihestu zaizkion maitasun esperantzek lortu dute inoiz Teresa bere bakardade esentzialetik erreskatatzea. Eta, azkenean, gizonak atzean gelditu dira, eta Teresak bakarrik, bakardade larrienean, hartuko ditu azken erabakiak. Azken urrats horiek azken-azken maitalearen besoetara zuzenaraziz: Etorriko dun heriotza eta hire begiak izango ditin.

Genres: Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

Reviews

[cyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

never have i read a book like this.
also, never have i ever felt like a book was talking about ME omg that first chapter really did me in
onederra's mix of poetry and narrative, with a subtle (but clear) switching of perspectives while all using second person was a dizzyingly yummy concoction. it was such a creative read. each chapter was a season, so you got to see the main character's "growth" and "progress"
the ideas that onederra brought up, delicious. each one was so fascinating to watch the main character, "you" be led through this thought trail.
loved it, love thinking about it. will defo be something i return to in the future.

[Cian Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this in the English section of Tarragona library on a day I was in there to avail of the air con. No expectations, nothing to go off other than a bewitching title. This proved to be my biggest surprise of 2023.

Told in the second person, it is at once vulnerable and yet somehow cold. The narrator is having none of herself, and goes for the nerve of her affair. She is at sea in her middle age, her inner-world rich and reassuring, yet also harsh.

I took this as a reminder that we hold the most power over ourselves in the end, that you’d better be careful with how you narrate yourself and that second person narration is powerful weapon in the right hands.

[Jokin Abio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forman zein edukian iraultzailea. Jatorriz euskaraz idatzi diren lanen artean, irakurritako harrigarriena, 'Obabakoak'-ekin batera. Alditan hain trinkoa, ezen ez dagoen pasajeak berrirakurtzea baino den-dena absorbatzeko. Alditan hain naturala, ezen zaila egin dakiokeen irakurleari protagonistaren errealitatetik desitsastea.

[Scott Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly beautiful and sad as a woman describes her sink into depression and the destruction of her marriage.