The Alder Mound

Anjel Lertxundi

The Alder Mound

Elkar 2020
120 Pages
Original title: Haltzaren muinoa
ISBN: 978-84-9027-985-4
Translated into: click here

The main character in this novel wants to know the world, walk from one corner to another, discover the most beautiful landscapes and cities. It is not so strange either, many books relate the same thing. But the protagonist of this novel is not a person like you or me. It´s an alder, a modest tree. And a tree can hardly dream of walking through the world, not even the slenderest oak.

The alder in this novel, though, has always dreamt of leaving its birthplace. Of moving, from one place to another, getting to know new places.

And, just at that moment, nature gives it the opportunity to go on an adventure.

—Go, enjoy the world.

What does this mean, that the adventurous alder in our story does not just want to be a tree? Does it mean that the alder wants to escape its reality?

The narrative before you in the following pages will tell you about the escapades of an alder that wanted to know the world.

Anjel Lertxundi

Anjel Lertxundi (Orio, 1948). He published his first book in 1970. Since then, he has published many novels and short stories. He has also published books for children and young people, has written many articles and essays and has directed two films. In 1983 and 1991, he was awarded the Spanish National Critics’ Prize. In 1999 and 2021, he received the Basque Literature Prize and in the 2010 the National Essay Prize. His literary career has been recognised by the Rosalía de Castro Prize.

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