In May 2023, Lorenzo Fazzini, editorial director of the Vatican’s Publishing House, in agreement with Paolo Ruffini, prefect ...

Can a good man give his life for an evil cause? The Spanish Civil War pitted the left-leaning government against a revolt of right-wing nationalists led by General Francisco Franco. They were aligned ...

Javier Cercas’s new novel, ‘Lord of All the Dead’, is as preoccupied with the Spanish Civil War, the nature of heroism, and the distortions of history as his most famous, ‘Soldiers of Salamis’, says ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It's impossible for a writer to survive success with dignity," explains Rodney, the main character of Javier Cercas's new novel The ...

Anne Chisholm is gripped by Javier Cercas's The Anatomy of a Moment, an account of the failed Spanish coup of 1981 The alluring but treacherous borderlands between fact and fiction have never been ...

In a nonfiction account of a failed coup, the novelist Javier Cercas tackles the confounding history of Spain’s transition to democracy. On February 23, 1981, a video camera hanging in the Spanish ...

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Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same Mr. Conservative and the Minister Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects This Thanksgiving, Heed the Words of George Washington Thanksgiving Day ...

(From Guadalajara) There was a time not too distant that Javier Cercas was a celebrated Spanish writer synonymous with historical autofiction, sophisticated literary operations, great intellectual ...

Anthony Cummins on the 1982 siege of the Spanish parliament, as detailed in The Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas. Look up “febrero 23 1981” on YouTube and you can find remarkable footage of the ...