Soldiers of Salamis (Paperback)

The International Bestseller of the Spanish Civil War - Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 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? Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

General

Imprint:	MacLehose Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Javier Cercas (Author)
Translators:	Anne McLean
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-85705-919-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-85705-919-X
Barcode:	9780857059192

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