The Liverpool Basque
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About this product Description Description. Ather moving and heart-warming tale set in Merseyside from the author of Twopence to Cross the Mersey. In the early years of this century, many Basques left their homeland in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain, to seek a better life in the New World.
Most passed through the great port of Liverpool on their way.
The family of little Manuel Echaniz stayed. The Liverpool Basque is the story of Manuel's childhood and coming of age in the teeming streets of the Mersey docklands.
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It is a story of poverty, comradeship, hardship and generosity. Another moving and heart-warming tale set in Merseyside from the author of Twopence to Cross the Mersey. Published March 6th by HarperCollins first published October 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Liverpool Basque , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Oct 20, Petrina Wetzel rated it it was amazing. Another amazing book by Helen Forrester about survival in absolute poverty in the early s in Liverpool.
Some insight also into people who move from another country and how they view their identity. This is countered by the almost overwhelming support provided by neighbours who are equally poor, or even poorer, in this tough environment.
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All this within the confines of a passionate extended family which, in the end, starkly contrasts with that of the more sterile, modern Caucasian families that really do not know each other nor share their lives willingly with each other. An amazing book with so many facets that are just as relevant today as they were years ago!
Apr 05, Steve Porter rated it liked it. This is a novel about Manuel Echaniz, now an old man in Canada, looking back on his life. As the title suggests, he was of Basque stock and brought up in Liverpool.
Granted, these immigrants had no easy life but perhaps a bit more humour could have been injected into proceedings by the autho This is a novel about Manuel Echaniz, now an old man in Canada, looking back on his life. Granted, these immigrants had no easy life but perhaps a bit more humour could have been injected into proceedings by the author, even of the black variety.
That said, I would not describe this novel as harrowing. And it has many qualities, not least of which it is well written and careful structured, albeit a little conservative in its prose for my own tastes.
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This family saga is a convincing portrayal of an immigrant community in the first half of the twentieth century. And there are some glimpses into Basque culture and history. The way that historical events are weaved into the tale works very well.
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Three stars out of five may seem a little harsh. And the ending took me somewhat by surprise in spite of all that had gone before. Nov 16, Eleanor Blair rated it liked it.
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The Liverpool Basque by Helen Forrester (Paperback, 1993)
I was very sad to hear today that Helen Forrester , author of the wonderful novel The Liverpool Basque , has died at the age of All politicians should be forced to read it before they make decisions about support for the poorest in our society. He watches the men come and go from the sea, where they work on the Larrinaga vessels, and he watches the women hold the fort at home, often in the face of the most devastating hardship. The brand new Museum of Liverpool , opened this summer, includes in its galleries the ledger belonging to Prudencio and Ygnacia, in which they carefully recorded the names and destinations of the Basque migrants who stayed in their boarding house.
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