by Javier Cercas · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483108529
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«Soldats de Salamina» is the historical fiction novel by Javier Cercas, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (216 pages, in Catalan).
A writer investigates the Civil War through the story of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, founder of the Falange, who escapes execution because an anonymous Republican soldier spares his life. The novel, with interviews and reconstructions, blends reality and fiction to explore historical memory, chance, and heroism.
This Catalan edition, translated by Ponç Puigdevall, belongs to the Ull de Vidre collection and was published in 2003.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative interested in the Spanish Civil War and historical memory.
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.
