
Soldiers of Salamis
(2003)A novel by
Javier Cercas
| "With irresistible directness and delicacy, Javier Cercas engages in a quick-witted, tender quest for truth..." Susan Sontag |
| "Ceras has succeeded, with one perfectly crafted book, in single-handedly redeeming the epic genre." Alberto Manguel |
| "... one of the few great books to have been made out of the madness of the mid-20th Century..." Allan Massie |
In the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, fifty prominent Nationalist prisoners are executed by firing squad. Among them is the writer and fascist Rafael Sanchez Mazas. As the guns fire, he escapes into the forest, and can hear a search party and their dogs hunting him down. The branches move and he finds himself looking into the eyes of a militiaman, and faces death for the second time that day. But the unknown soldier simply turns and walks away. Sanchez Mazas becomes a national hero and the soldier disappears into history. As Cercas sifts the evidence to establish what happened, he realises that the true hero may not be Sanchez Mazas at all, but the soldier who chose not to shoot him. Who was he? Why did he spare him? And might he still be alive?
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Hardback Editions
May 2003 : Hardback
| Title: The Soldiers of Salamis Author(s): Javier Cercas ISBN: 0-7475-6315-2 / 978-0-7475-6315-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1969 : Hardback
| Title: Soldiers of Salamis Author(s): Javier Cercas ISBN: 1-58234-384-5 / 9781582343846 (USA edition) Publisher: Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Soldiers of Salamis: A Novel Author(s): Javier Cercas ISBN: 1-58234-472-8 / 9781582344720 (USA edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Soldiers Of Salamis Author(s): Javier Cercas Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Availability: Amazon CA More details... |
August 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Soldiers of Salamis Author(s): Javier Cercas, Anne McLean ISBN: 0-7475-6823-5 / 978-0-7475-6823-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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