Un grillo en la autopista

Where to put it? Atxaga asks himself in the prologue to his own book. In which of the channels of the general current of literature? On which shelf? It could perhaps be, if it exists, in that of the hybrids of article and short story. If not, among the political books. The origin of Un grillo en la autopista are the interventions that Atxaga wrote for the Faktoria radio program of Euskadi Irratia, which runs from the fall of 2016 to the summer of 2020. As they were intended for the radio, they have the flavor of the spoken word, but they are presented here as a step-by-step essay, carefully rewritten and completed by the author. The latest book by the most translated Basque writer is, in fact, a key text for understanding today's troubled world.