The Stranger

Anjel Lertxundi

The Stranger

Alberdania 1994
396 Pages
Original title: Otto Pette
ISBN: 978-84-9868-410-0
Translated into: click here

Amid the blur of the Middle Ages, Baronet Otto Pette lives determined to forget the past. It is a tall order for someone who, like the Baronet, became a sceptic a long time ago. His hands once fiercely gripped the reins of power, and his memories come to him with the same fury. And not just memories, for a stranger knocks on the door of his mansion and begins a duel with the Baronet in which memory is the weapon of choice, though not the only one...

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.

Anjel Lertxundi