The Anatomy Of A Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes In History And Imagination Pdf Ebook ISBN-10 1608194914, ISBN-13 978-1608194

The Anatomy Of A Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes In History And Imagination

By autor: Javier Cercas
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In February 1981, Spain was still emerging from Franco's shadow, holding a democratic vote for the new prime minister. On the day of the vote in Parliament, while the session was being filmed by TV cameras, a band of right-wing soldiers burst in with automatic weapons, ordering everyone to get down. Only three men defied the order. For thirty-five minutes, as the cameras rolled, they stayed in the...

Paperback: 403 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (February 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608194914
ISBN-13: 978-1608194919
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.2 x 8.3 inches
Amazon Rank: 580933
Format: PDF ePub Text TXT fb2 book

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I will try to be understated, but this is a rave review. "The moment" of THE ANATOMY OF A MOMENT is the attempted coup d'etat ("golpe de estado" in Spanish) that occurred in Spain in February 1981, when a band of Civil Guards armed with automatic we...

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itically adored novelist Javier Cercas originally set out to write a novel about this pivotal moment, but determined it had already gained an air of myth, or, through the annual broadcast of video clips, had at least acquired the fictional taint of reality television. Cercas turned to nonfiction, and his vivid descriptions of the archival footage frame a narrative that traverses the line between history and art, creating a daring new account of this watershed moment in modern Spanish history.The Anatomy of a Moment caused a sensation upon its publication in Spain, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The story will be new to many American readers, but the book stands resolutely on its own as a compelling literary inquest of national myth, personal memory, political spectacle, and reality itself.