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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 ...

Javier Cercas talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his book about his great uncle who fought and died for Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Can a good man give his life for an evil cause? The Spanish ...

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 ...

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(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 ...

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Javier Cercas won the 2025 European Book Prize with 'God's madman at the end of the world', a novel about one of Pope Francis ...