Alfabeto bat Karlos Linazasororen munduaz

Abstract

The writings of Karlos Linazasoro have developed in quite an unusual and special way in present Basque literature. His writings, which are influenced by Borges and Cortázar have succeeded in mixing reality and fantasy, never forgetting Kafka and the literature of the absurd. This article is intended to be an introduction to the work of a writer who has to
date not received the attention that he has merited. By way of the alphabet, the article attempts to encourage the reader to explore Linazasoro’s collection of stories Ez balego beste mundurik (‘If there was no other world’).