Javier Cercas

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Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.

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Soldiers of Salamis
Javier Cercas
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In the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, a fascist writer escapes execution twice, first from a firing squad, then by the mercy of an unknown militiaman. A modern writer searches for the soldier who chose compassion.