by Javier Cercas · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439722137
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«Anatomía de un instante» is the historical essay by Javier Cercas, published by Literatura Random House in hardback (480 pages, in Spanish).
The book reconstructs the attempted coup d'état of 23 February 1981 in Spain through the gesture of Adolfo Suárez, who remained in his seat while shots rang out in the Congress, alongside Gutiérrez Mellado and Santiago Carrillo. Cercas combines reportage and essay to examine the Transition, the causes of 23-F and the biographies of the protagonists.
The work was originally published in 2009 and received the Premio Nacional de Narrativa and the Premio Mondello.
For readers interested in the contemporary history of Spain and in narrative non-fiction about the Transition.
Spanish novelist and essayist, author of Soldiers of Salamis, The Anatomy of a Moment and the Terra Alta trilogy.
