A moving coming-of-age story set in France s Basque Pyrenees" Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227. . 2012. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Last Shepherd (West Word Fiction) (Basque)
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 087417886X
ISBN 13: 9780874178869
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Mathieu Etchiberri wants nothing more than to leave his family’s Arizona sheep ranch and go to college, but his father insists that he take over the ranch instead. Then his father is killed in an accident, and Matt discovers that he is not the heir to the ranch. So he travels to the French Pyrenees from which his father and grandparents came to settle the questions about his legacy. Instead, he discovers a vast Basque family and a mystery that drove his father to America and still festers in the mountain village. As Matt resolves the mystery of his family, he also discovers his Basque roots and learns the nature of love of family, responsibility, and the tension between individual desires and the needs of a community.

Matt’s journey to manhood takes place in a vividly depicted landscape populated by lively, memorable characters. This is the powerful story of a young man’s search for an identity that encompasses two cultures and one complex, scattered family.

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Martin Etchart is director of the creative writing program at Phoenix College. He has written screenplays and another novel, The Good Oak (University of Nevada Press).

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