A Review on the Novel Un Final Para Nora of Anjel Lertxundi

Abstract

In this article, it is firstly mentioned Basque literature in general terms and the importance of Basque writer Anjel Lertxundi in this field. Then his novel Un final para Nora (Azkenaz beste) is reviewed. The novel tells the story of a father and his daughter who have been cursed with immortality and condemned to wander in a calash for centuries. In this context, the father and daughter, who have been travelling the world for more than two hundred years, witnessed various events and situations at different times in different cities. These cities respectively are Barcelona, Salem, Boston, Bayonne, and Zarautz. In this process, the paths of father and daughter, directly or indirectly, crossed with some legendary and historical figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Doctor Pedro Gonzalez de Velasco, Ahasverus or Lakedem. The story which leads all these figures to come together in different combinations in distant times and places, is written by a writer narrator in the novel. All of these elements in the novel have provided a rich and multi-layered story in the context of intertextuality. In this article, these elements are studied in the flow of the narrative and the connections of these elements with each other are emphasized.