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The Anatomy of a Moment

Af: Javier Cercas Engelsk Paperback

The Anatomy of a Moment

Af: Javier Cercas Engelsk Paperback
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‘Richly imagined, suspenseful and surprisingly poignant ... a reminder of how Spanish history might have taken a dramatically different turn'' - Financial Times

‘Persuasive, brilliant and absorbing''
- Economist

''Cercas is a master storyteller'' - Independent
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A suspenseful, dramatic novel by the author of Soldiers of Salamis, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco''s dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister, Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into the Spanish parliament and began firing shots. Only three members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover: Adolfo Suarez, the then-outgoing prime minister, who had steered the country away from the Franco era; Guttierez Mellado, a conservative general who had loyally served democracy; and Santiago Carillo, the head of the Communist Party, which had just been legalised.

In The Anatomy of a Moment, Cercas examines a key moment in Spanish history, just as he did so successfully in his Spanish Civil War novel, Soldiers of Salamis. This is the only coup ever to have been caught on film as it was happening, which, as Cercas says, ''guaranteed both its reality and its unreality''. Every February a few seconds of the video are shown again and Spaniards congratulate themselves for standing up for democracy, but Cercas says that things were very quiet that afternoon and evening while all over Spain people stayed inside waiting for the coup to be defeated ... or to triumph.
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‘A brilliant reconfiguring of a key event in contemporary European history. Audacious and wholly fascinating'' - William Boyd

‘An almost Shakespearean account of soldiers, politicians, mixed motives and the lust for power'' - Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

''A mesmerising achievement'' - Literary Review

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_______________

‘Richly imagined, suspenseful and surprisingly poignant ... a reminder of how Spanish history might have taken a dramatically different turn'' - Financial Times

‘Persuasive, brilliant and absorbing''
- Economist

''Cercas is a master storyteller'' - Independent
_______________

A suspenseful, dramatic novel by the author of Soldiers of Salamis, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco''s dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister, Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into the Spanish parliament and began firing shots. Only three members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover: Adolfo Suarez, the then-outgoing prime minister, who had steered the country away from the Franco era; Guttierez Mellado, a conservative general who had loyally served democracy; and Santiago Carillo, the head of the Communist Party, which had just been legalised.

In The Anatomy of a Moment, Cercas examines a key moment in Spanish history, just as he did so successfully in his Spanish Civil War novel, Soldiers of Salamis. This is the only coup ever to have been caught on film as it was happening, which, as Cercas says, ''guaranteed both its reality and its unreality''. Every February a few seconds of the video are shown again and Spaniards congratulate themselves for standing up for democracy, but Cercas says that things were very quiet that afternoon and evening while all over Spain people stayed inside waiting for the coup to be defeated ... or to triumph.
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‘A brilliant reconfiguring of a key event in contemporary European history. Audacious and wholly fascinating'' - William Boyd

‘An almost Shakespearean account of soldiers, politicians, mixed motives and the lust for power'' - Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph

''A mesmerising achievement'' - Literary Review

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9781408822104
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1408822105
Kategori: Madrid (City)
Udg. Dato: 5 jan 2012
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 5 jan 2012
Forfatter(e): Javier Cercas
Forfatter(e) Javier Cercas


Kategori Madrid (City)


ISBN-13 9781408822104


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 416


Udgave


Længde 27mm


Bredde 133mm


Højde 138mm


Udg. Dato 5 jan 2012


Oplagsdato 5 jan 2012


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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