Soldados de Salamina / Soldiers of Salamis

Javier Cercas

Soldados de Salamina / Soldiers of Salamis
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Country
United States
Published
14 January 2020
Pages
208
ISBN
9780593081181

Soldados de Salamina / Soldiers of Salamis

Javier Cercas

Nueva edicion de Soldados de Salamina, novela imprescindible del siglo XXI, revisada a fondo por el autor y rematada por un esclarecedor epilogo escrito por el mismo.

A finales de enero de 1939, apenas dos meses antes del final de la guerra civil, un grupo de prisioneros franquistas es fusilado cerca la frontera francesa por soldados republicanos que huyen hacia el exilio. Entre esos prisioneros se halla Rafael Sanchez Mazas, fundador e ideologo de la Falange, poeta y futuro ministro de Franco, quien consigue milagrosamente escapar y ocultarse en el bosque mientras los republicanos lo persiguen; hasta que un soldado lo descubre, lo encanona y, mirandolo a los ojos, le perdona la vida.

Sesenta anos mas tarde, un novelista fracasado descubre por azar este enterrado episodio belico y, fascinado por el, emprende una investigacion para aclarar sus circunstancias y desentranar su significado. ?Quien era de verdad Rafael Sanchez Mazas? ?Cual fue su verdadera peripecia de guerra? ?Quien fue el soldado que le dejo escapar? ?Y por que lo hizo? ?Que secreto escondia su mirada?
Novela revolucionaria y deslumbrante, Soldados de Salamina cosecho un extraordinario exito de critica y publico y catapulto la carrera de uno de los novelistas mas prestigiosos de la actual narrativa espanola. Desde entonces no ha dejado de leerse en todo el mundo con creciente admiracion.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

This new edition of Soldiers of Salamis, a fundamental novel of the 21st century, has been thoroughly revised by the author and finished off by an enlightening epilogue written by the author himself.

An award-winning, wholly original and absorbing work of fiction by a modern master, at whose heart lies an investigation into the nature of historical truth.

In the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, fifty prominent Nationalist prisoners face a firing squad. Among them is Rafael Sanchez Mazas-writer, fascist, and founder of the Spanish Falange. As the machine guns begin to fire, Sanchez Mazas escapes into the forest. When a militiaman discovers his hiding place, Sanchez Mazas faces death for the second time that day. But the unknown soldier simply turns and walks away. Sanchez Mazas becomes a national hero and ultimately a minister in Franco’s first government. The soldier disappears into history.

Sixty years later, as Cercas sifts through the evidence to establish what really happened, he realizes that the true hero may not be the one who was celebrated, but, rather, the soldier who chose not to shoot. Who was he? Why did he spare Sanchez Mazas? Every answer Cercas uncovers leads to another question in this powerful and elegantly constructed novel about truth, memory, and war.

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