Thanks for the recommendation, Paola. It sounds interesting. I've never been to the Basque Country or Navarre, but like other regions in the north of Spain, the scenery is quite different from Andalucia. I think Basque people are nice. In the past the reputation of the region was quite negative because of terrorism. People were afraid to travel there because of all the terrorist attacks. Now thankfully, that's a thing of the past.
Hi Mercy! Yes, I remember the news about the ETA bombing years ago; but now ETA and the Spanish goverment have reached an arrangment without violence, am I wrong? Reading the novel I can understand why the Basque people consider themselves different from the Spaniards, even the toungue is very different! The first names, the names of the places or of the things aren't similar at all to the Spanish ones, they are so full of x! Basque language must be very peculiar!
To be honest, I don't really understand nationalism. There are many regions here in Spain, and every region and its people are so different. Actually, here in Andalucia there are two parts: the east and west, and we really are different and the way we talk is also kind of different. The same happens in the rest. In any case, I understand people loving the place they were born in, but killing people for political reasons is something I will never understand. From my personal experience, home is the place where you are because of the people you love, not because of the physicality of the place you are. I tend to expand my horizons and feel in connection with a more open world than with just a close-knit community. For example, when I was living in England, I felt happy there and connected with the English people as if I were originally from there. There I also lived with an Italian guy, and we used to call each other "cousins" because we had so many customs in common! I think this sense of community with more and more people and nations
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Hi Mercy! I didn't want to say that I approve that kind of nationalistm! ;-) We too in Italy have regions that wants to be indipendent from the rest of the country , like the Alto Adige/SudTirol that consider themselves more Austrian than Italian. Actually the region belonged to the Austrian Empire until the 1915, but after a century I think that's annoying the way they still speak Italian as a second languange and in general they are very disapproving of the rest of the Italy. They are a bit like the Catalans I think! Obviously I'm talking in general, I don't want to say that all the people for there are like this! I do think that it's important to preserve the local tradition, culture and language though, because it's an important heritage of the past and it's not right to forget or destroy it; but at the same time I think one must be open to other tradition and culture and doesn't have to thier culture is superior to the others.
I saw the movie and really wish they would have explained why Amaias mothet hated only her. And where did her father go? Loved the movie but was left with questions.
I saw the movie and really wish they would have explained why Amaias mother hated only her. And where did her father go? Love the movie but was left with questions.
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Hi Peace Loyalty, sorry for the late response! I didn't know there was a movie based on the book! I understand your frustration, but I can tell you that there is a reason for that. Dolores Redondo is actually writing a series of books about Amaia. I read the second one of the series (Legado en los houesos) and hopefully there will be another soon!
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I've never been to the Basque Country or Navarre, but like other regions in the north of Spain, the scenery is quite different from Andalucia. I think Basque people are nice. In the past the reputation of the region was quite negative because of terrorism. People were afraid to travel there because of all the terrorist attacks. Now thankfully, that's a thing of the past.
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Yes, I remember the news about the ETA bombing years ago; but now ETA and the Spanish goverment have reached an arrangment without violence, am I wrong?
Reading the novel I can understand why the Basque people consider themselves different from the Spaniards, even the toungue is very different! The first names, the names of the places or of the things aren't similar at all to the Spanish ones, they are so full of x! Basque language must be very peculiar!
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I didn't want to say that I approve that kind of nationalistm! ;-)
We too in Italy have regions that wants to be indipendent from the rest of the country , like the Alto Adige/SudTirol that consider themselves more Austrian than Italian. Actually the region belonged to the Austrian Empire until the 1915, but after a century I think that's annoying the way they still speak Italian as a second languange and in general they are very disapproving of the rest of the Italy. They are a bit like the Catalans I think! Obviously I'm talking in general, I don't want to say that all the people for there are like this!
I do think that it's important to preserve the local tradition, culture and language though, because it's an important heritage of the past and it's not right to forget or destroy it; but at the same time I think one must be open to other tradition and culture and doesn't have to thier culture is superior to the others.
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sorry for the late response!
I didn't know there was a movie based on the book!
I understand your frustration, but I can tell you that there is a reason for that.
Dolores Redondo is actually writing a series of books about Amaia. I read the second one of the series (Legado en los houesos) and hopefully there will be another soon!
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