Glass eye, by: Mirine Aghor Miabi

Born in Quito - Basque Country in 1962. She received the Critic Award in 2001 and 2011 for her two poetry books (The Mark of the Body) and (Foam in the Hands), as well as the Basque Children's Literature Award on three occasions. As a writer and poet, she participated in international forums and festivals such as the Literature Festival in Dublin 2003, the Literature Festival in Slovenia 2006, the Edinburgh Festival 2007, the Central Europe Festival 2016, and the Miami Book Fair 2016. In 2015, she received a writing and translation grant in New York. She translated many books of poetry and novels from French into Basque. In 2018, she received the Basque Country Translation Award for her overall translations of global children's literature. Her novel (Glass Eye), which we translate and publish here, won two literary awards for works written in Basque: Thathbikali and Petrico Libera, and has been translated into several languages including Spanish, French, and English. Why am I talking about all this? It’s a challenge I set because one publisher threw me a bait a long time ago. And that made the challenge enjoyable. - Are you joking with me? Don’t say that seriously. - Think about it... maybe your glass eye will inspire you somehow. - If the detail of my eye makes me a writer, then so be it... but... ah! You are speaking metaphorically, aren’t you? - Absolutely. Doesn’t it affect you to have only one eye in your daily life? Write about that, but do it as if you are using a razor blade. One thing we must take into account. I spoke to the relevant publisher recently. I commented on the above plot: "The core of the narrative is broken emotion, the glass eye, a symbol. As you know, it’s a certain trait that will represent my disappointments." Number of pages: 160