by Javier Cercas · Tusquets · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422689072
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«Soldados de Salamina» is a historical novel by Javier Cercas, published in 2001 in hardback (220 pages, in Spanish).
A journalist investigates the story of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, ideologue of Falange, who during the Spanish Civil War managed to escape a firing squad and was spared by an anonymous militiaman who could have killed him. Through that investigation, the novel blends literature and journalism to address historical memory, forgiveness, and the search for truth.
The novel received the Salambó, Cálamo, and Ciutat de Barcelona awards in 2001, and was adapted into a film of the same name.
A novel for readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish literature.
Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis, and the European Book Prize for The Impostor.
