Soldiers of Salamis
$33.56
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2019
Summary
The Soldier’s Silence: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War
In the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, fifty Nationalist prisoners are executed. Among them, the writer Rafael Sanchez Mazas escapes into the forest, hunted by a search party. He faces death again when he looks into the eyes of a militiaman.
But the unknown soldier turns and walks away. Sanchez Mazas becomes a national hero, while the soldier vanishes into history. The question remains:
Who was he? Why d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857059192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 085705919X |
| Author: | Javier Cercas, Anne McLean |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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With irresistible directness and delicacy, Javier Cercas engages in a quick-witted, tender quest for truth and the possibility of reconciliation in history, in our everyday lives - which happens to be the theme of most great European fiction … a marvellous novel
This is a masterly parable of political violence, of suffering, but also, and decisevely, of the strange logic of compassion and healing … should become a classicHe has succeeded, with one perfectly crafted book, in single-handedly redeeming the epic genreA truly wonderful, magnificent novel. It is understanding, intelligent, compassionate … If you were required to read only one book about Spain and its civil war, this should be that book. - Scotsman.This is an important, fresh and original book … Above all, it demonstrates how eloquent and exciting fiction is still capable of being. - Irish TimesVery few novels have the power to alter received opinion, but this marvellous book may well be one … A remarkable book. - Sunday TelegraphAbout The Author
Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist, short-story writer and columnist, whose books include Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide, won six literary awards in Spain and was filmed by David Trueba), The Tenant and The Motive, The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.
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