Lord of All the Dead by Javier Cercas (English) Hardcover Book

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Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war.

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"A remarkable act of personal history: brave, revelatory and unflinchingly honest" WILLIAM BOYD"There is no-one writing in English like this: engaged humanity achieving a hard-won wisdom" DAVID MILLS, The TimesLord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents' village in southern Spain, to research the life of Manuel Mena. This ancestor, dearly loved by Cercas' mother, died in combat at the age of nineteen during the battle of the Ebro, the bloodiest episode in Spain's history. Who was Manuel Mena? A fascist hero whose memory is an embarrassment to the author, or a young idealist who happened to fight on the wrong side? And how should we judge him, as grandchildren and great-grandchildren of that generation, interpreting history from our supposed omniscience and the misleadingperspective of a present full of automatic answers, that fails to consider the particularities of each personal and family drama?Wartime epics, heroism and death are some of the underlying themes of this unclassifiable novel that combines road trips, personal confessions, war stories and historical scholarship, finally becoming an incomparable tribute to the author's mother and the incurable scars of an entire generation.

Author Biography

Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist, short-story writer and columnist, whose books include Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide, won six literary awards in Spain and was filmed by David Trueba), The Tenant and The Motive, The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.

Review

A brave, persuasive novel - El PaisAn excellent novel . . . fascinating both in its exploration of the past and in the playful creativity of its own narrative. - El CulturalAn admirable novel, truly unique - La mareaOnly Cercas could have written a novel like this, at the peak of his maturity as a writer; he is one of the best we have - ABC

Long Description

"A remarkable act of personal history: brave, revelatory and unflinchingly honest" WILLIAM BOYD "There is no-one writing in English like this: engaged humanity achieving a hard-won wisdom" DAVID MILLS, The Times Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents' village in southern Spain, to research the life of Manuel Mena. This ancestor, dearly loved by Cercas' mother, died in combat at the age of nineteen during the battle of the Ebro, the bloodiest episode in Spain's history. Who was Manuel Mena? A fascist hero whose memory is an embarrassment to the author, or a young idealist who happened to fight on the wrong side? And how should we judge him, as grandchildren and great-grandchildren of that generation, interpreting history from our supposed omniscience and the misleadingperspective of a present full of automatic answers, that fails to consider the particularities of each personal and family drama?Wartime epics, heroism and death are some of the underlying themes of this unclassifiable novel that combines road trips, personal confessions, war stories and historical scholarship, finally becoming an incomparable tribute to the author's mother and the incurable scars of an entire generation.

Review Quote

A brave, persuasive novel - El PaisAn excellent novel . . . fascinating both in its exploration of the past and in the playful creativity of its own narrative. - El CulturalAn admirable novel, truly unique - La mareaOnly Cercas could have written a novel like this, at the peak of his maturity as a writer; he is one of the best we have - ABC

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Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war.

Details ISBN0857058320 Author Javier Cercas Pages 288 Publisher Quercus Publishing Year 2019 Translator Anne McLean ISBN-10 0857058320 ISBN-13 9780857058324 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-04-04 Imprint MacLehose Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 863.7 Language English Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2019-04-04 AU Release Date 2019-04-04 NZ Release Date 2019-04-04 We've got this

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