Sarrionandia's literary exile: The art of fugue

Abstract

This dissertation, titled Joseba Sarrionandia's Literary Exile: The Art of Fugue, investigates the intricate dynamics of literary expression and exile in the works of the renowned Basque author Joseba Sarrionandia. Given the extensive literary oeuvre of the writer, this research delineates the corpus of the period from 2001 to 2010, during which the author resided in his Cuban exile in Havana. From this period, the works selected for analysis are those that have received the most recognition, including Lagun izoztua published in 2001 (The Frozen Friend), Kolosala izango da in 2003 (It Will be Colossal), and Moroak gara behelaino artean in 2010 (Are We Moors in the Mist).