Homeland

An epic, unforgettable, heartbreaking family saga of two best friends whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism

On the day ETA announces the abandonment of arms, Bittori visits the cemetery to tell the grave of her husband, Txato, who was murdered by terrorists, that she has decided to return to the house where they lived. Can she live alongside those who harassed her before and after the attack that shattered her life and that of her family? Will she be able to find out who was the hooded man that killed her husband on a rainy day as he was returning from his transportation company?

No matter how secretly she arrives, Bittori’s presence will disrupt the false tranquility of the town, especially that of her neighbor Miren, once a close friend, and mother of Joxe Mari, an imprisoned terrorist and suspect of Bittori’s worst fears. What happened between these two women? What has poisoned the lives of their children and husbands, who were so close in the past? With their concealed heartbreaks and unwavering convictions, with their
wounds and their courage, the incandescent story of their lives —before and after the crater that was Txato’s death— speaks to us of the impossibility of forgetting and the need for forgiveness in a community broken by political fanaticism.

Toni Fejzula adapts Aramburu’s best-seller, a magnificent novel that delves into the last thirty years of life in the Basque Country.

Aramburu has been hailed as the Tolstoy of the Basque Country, and Toni Fejzula’s artwork infuses a spine-tingling realism that intensifies the anguish of a divided society.