Soldiers of Salamis: A Novel - Javier Cercas, Anne McLean • BookLikes (ISBN:1582344728)

Soldiers of Salamis: A Novel

by: Anne McLean (author) Javier Cercas (author)

5.00 5

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9781582344720 (1582344728)

Publish date: January 10th 2005

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Pages no: 213

Edition language: English

Category:

European Literature, Cultural, Historical Fiction, War, Contemporary, Spanish Literature, Spain

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Livi rated it

12 years ago

http://Livi.booklikes.com Livi 5.0 Soldados de Salamina (Maxi)

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Y yo que pensaba que no me iba a gustar... es uno de los mejores libros que leí. A pesar del título, el libro no tiene nada que ver con la batalla de Salamina (480 a.c)sino que es una "historia real" como dice el narrador, centrada en hechos que acaecieron durante los años de la guerra civil español...

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MochaMike rated it

13 years ago

http://MochaMike.booklikes.com MochaMike 5.0

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5 stars, with some reservations. 5 stars for the idea. 5 stars for the inclusion of Roberto Bolaño as a character (many thanks, Javier, many thanks indeed). 5 stars because I’m not one to challenge the opinions of Bolaño, Mario Vargas Llosa, or Susan Sontag (at least with regard to this novel). Some...

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