num_pages: 213
description: In the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, a writer and founding member of Franco's Fascist Party is about to be shot, and yet miraculously escapes into the forest. When his hiding place is discovered, he faces death for the second time that day-but is spared, this time by a lone Republican soldier. The writer becomes a national hero and a member of Franco's first government, while the soldier is forgotten. Sixty years later, Cercas's novel peels back the layers of truth and propaganda in order to discover who the real hero was. Winner of the Independent Prize in Foreign Fiction, Soldiers of Salamis is a wholly original work of fiction by a modern master.
language: English
title: Soldiers of Salamis
titlecomplete: Soldiers of Salamis
characters: Roberto Bolaño, Javier Cercas, Rafael Sánchez Mazas, Miralles
genres: Spanish Literature, Spain, Historical Fiction, Historical, Spanish Civil War, Novels, Literature, War, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 10642
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Ciutat de Barcelona
category: Literatura en llengua castellana, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premio Salambó, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: Anne McLean, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Bloomsbury USA