Bernardo Atxaga

Contiene : Dos letters ; Cuando una serpiente ; Dos hermanos

En Yangambi, junto al río Congo, el ejército de Leopoldo II de Bélgica impone el orden bajo la autoridad de Lalande Biran, un poeta con deseos de amasar fortuna y regresar a las tertulias de los cafés de París. A su alrededor se mueven disparatados y espléndidos personajes que convierten aquella selva en un delirante circo de la ambición y el absurdo humano. Pero las cosas comienzan a ser diferentes con la llegada de un nuevo oficial: Chrysostome Liège, un tirador infalible que esconde una enigmática personalidad. In Yangambi, next to the Congo River, the army of Leopold II of Belgium imposes order under the command of Lalande Biran. As a poet, Biran's only objective is to amass a fortune and return to Paris. The characters that surround him turn the wilderness of the jungle into a circus of ambitions and human absurdities. But things take a different turn with the arrival of a new officer, an unerring marksman who hides an enigmatic personality.

Older Brother learns the value of brotherly love when, as a result of his unkindness, Little Brother becomes a prisoner of Great-grandfather Frost.

Recounts author's stay as a writer-in-residence at the Center for Basque Studies in Reno, Nevada.

On a bus home after years in prison a Basque woman terrorist reflects on her past and contemplates her future.

Short stories in Spanish translation from original Basque.