Soldiers of Salamis

Soldiers of Salamis
Authors
Cercas, Javier & McLean, Anne
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Tags
war
ISBN
9781596917378
Date
2001-06-07T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.83 MB
Lang
en
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In the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, a writer and founding member of Franco's Fascist Party is about to be shot, and yet miraculously escapes into the forest. When his hiding place is discovered, he faces death for the second time that day-but is spared, this time by a lone soldier. The POW becomes a national hero and a member of Franco's first government, while the soldier is forgotten. Sixty years later, Cercas's novel peels back the layers of truth and propaganda in order to discover who the real hero was. Elegantly constructed and told with self-deprecating, melancholy humor, "Soldiers of Salamis "is a wholly original work of literature by a modern master.