Soldiers of Salamis - Brossura

Cercas, Javier

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747568235 ISBN 13: 9780747568230

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury UK, 2004

Riassunto

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?

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0747568235
• ISBN 13: 9780747568230
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224