Javier Cercas is a novelist and columnist whose books include Soldiers of Salamis, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide; Lord of All the Dead; The Impostor; The Speed of Light; The Anatomy of a Moment; Outlaws; and the novellas The Tenant and The Motive. In Lord of All the Dead, Cercas pieces together the life of his enigmatic relative and in so doing tells the story of an entire generation. Lord of All the Dead by Javier Cercas review — why is no one in English writing like this? One of definitive books on the Spanish Civil War, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2021. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. - Annie McDermott, Times Literary Supplement (UK) 75 years after his death, there are few people who remember Mena, and most of Mena's papers were intentionally destroyed after the war. Does this book contain inappropriate content? Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I knew a boy from Spain,who fled to France with his father who later ended up in Mauthausen.. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. a work of non-fiction, written as a novel and with a certain amount of speculation included in it. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Lord of All the Dead A Nonfiction Novel (Book) : Cercas, Javier : "From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020. Combining intimate family history, investigative scholarship, personal confession, and a novelist’s imagination, Cercas has crafted a transcendent portrait of a Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. An established Spanish writer goes to great lengths to excavate the memory of his uncle, killed at age 19 in 1938 as a soldier in Franco's Army. If you your just looking for an account of battles or an easy to resolve conclusion about the subject of war probably you should look else where, but if you want to really think about how war goes on effecting people long after it is over in quite unexpected ways , read on, Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2020. New Price: $23.15. It raises questions about what history actually is and how much can you really know of the past when it has handed down to you through books and half heard rumors. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Why did he leave his privileged position in a small town for war? In this deeply personal work of historical interrogation, Javier Cercas—“the bard of [the] movement for the recovery of Spain’s suppressed memory” (, El monarca de las sombras (Spanish Edition), I Served the King of England (New Directions Classic), The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-five Minutes in History and Imagination, Javier Cercas was born in Spain in 1962. Javier Cercas: El monarca de las sombras (Lord of All Dead) As is usual with Cercas, this is a non-fiction novel, i.e. The Law of Liberty … 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. More By and About This Author. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Please try your request again later. This highly personalized history is deeply researched, superbly written with strong characterization of his encounters with his elderly relatives, struggling with old memories, and with rich colorful descriptions of the locales in his adventurist search for the facts of his death. Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020. He is a novelist and columnist, and he has received numerous international awards. Unable to add item to List. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Javier Cercas's great-uncle, Manuel Mena, died in the Spanish Civil War as a 19-year-old officer with the Fascist army. Idi Amin Dada Oumee (/ ˈ iː d i ɑː ˈ m iː n, ˈ ɪ d i-/, UK also /-æ ˈ m iː n /; c. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer who served as the president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. As much a philosophical study of history, as a well paced detective novel, unfolding the notes, and memories, and documents, and legends, and histories leading to the remarkable conclusions. Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. He died in 1938, age 19, in the Battle of the Ebro, one of the longest, bloodiest battles of the war, and the one that spelled the end of Republican … The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents' village in southern Spain, to research the life of Manuel Mena. Please try again. This is an excellent telling of the times and legacy of the Spanish revolution and post Franco cultural and social aftermath told from the perspective of three generations of one family. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Lord of All the Dead will neither flatter liberal pieties nor assuage feelings of collective guilt. His books include. Franco is still dead, but the need to monitor his condition has never been more urgent." Cercas goes in search of his uncle's lost story. Inform myself of what led up to the Spanish civil war. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Wonderful! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. An individual subjected to traumatic stress will often involuntarily suppress the memory of the event that caused it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. I found Lord of All the Dead to be a thought provoking novel, which was a bit of a slog at times in the overly detailed descriptions of battles that Manuel Mena fought in, but the analysis of his life at the end was very well done, as were the descriptions of Cercas's mother, his family, the few remaining residents of Ibahernando, and himself. The following is excerpted from Javier Cerca's nonfiction novel, translated by Anne McLean. 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Review by . .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, $14.34 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to France. In Lord of All the Dead, Cercas pieces together the life of his enigmatic relative and in so doing tells the story of an entire generation. Garth Risk Hallberg - 12.20.2020. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents' village in southern Spain, to research the life of Manuel Mena. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2020, A reallly insightful and thoughtful account of a families evolvement in the Spanish Civil War. Our reviewer thought Cercas’s last novel could not be bettered. --Giles Harvey, The New Yorker Try again. If you your just looking for an account of battles or an easy to resolve conclusion about the subject of war probably you should look else where, but if you want to really think about how war goes on effecting people long after it is over in quite unexpected ways , read on, Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2020. Knopf, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-525-52091-7. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. A Year in Reading: Garth Risk Hallberg. His books include. From post-Yourcenar forays into Europe: Lord of All the Dead, in which the Spanish master Javier Cercas brings to a haunting conclusion his three-book exhumation of his country’s Civil War and its memory…also, the tragicomic palaver of Bohumil Hrabal’s Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age, a novel written in a single sentence…and Magda Szabó’s wonderful Abigail, which enfolds the historical … Please try again. The Sunday Times Must Read 5 stars out of 5 I had little detailed knowledge of the Spanish Civil War, thus the book was very enlightening in understanding the origins of that sad conflict. He is a novelist and columnist, and he has received numerous international awards. Javier Cercas’s “Lord of All the Dead: A Nonfiction Novel” manages to contain both subjects in a single narrative, one that grapples with his family’s involvement in … That village is called Ibahernando; it lies in the west of Spain, in … Javier Cercas looks for himself while looking for his uncle from the Spanish Civil War, Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020. Or why do you belittle your brother? Javier Cercas, the Spanish novelist and columnist, has written what he calls a nonfiction novel about his great-uncle, Manuel Menas (ph), who fought … Javier Cercas, Lord of All the Dead, translated by Anne McLean History is written by the victors. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For me the pandemic began in earnest on March 11–the same day I first made the acquaintance of my now old-frenemy Zoom. This is an excellent telling of the times and legacy of the Spanish revolution and post Franco cultural and social aftermath told from the perspective of three generations of one family. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. An established Spanish writer goes to great lengths to excavate the memory of his uncle, killed at age 19 in 1938 as a soldier in Franco's Army. LORD OF ALL THE DEAD A Nonfiction Novel By Javier Cercas . Please try your request again later. Excellent Historical and Cultural Perspectives wonderfully written, Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2020. Please try again. In the village, the landowners ratted out the suspected evildoers who ended up in work camps or executed. Fascinating history about the impact the Civil War had on individual villages and one family in particular. The Law of Liberty … 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. https://www.amazon.com/Lord-All-Dead-nonfiction-novel/dp/0525520902 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Not easy to read and lacks humour and enthusiasm, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2019. Or why do you belittle your brother? For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him. In Lord of All the Dead, Cercas pieces together the life of his enigmatic relative and in so doing tells the story of an entire generation. In his new work, Lord of All the Dead, he chases the ghost of his uncle Manuel Mena, adored by his mother and dead at nineteen fighting on behalf of Franco, but we soon come to realize the novel isn’t really about his uncle, despite the many pages devoted to tracking his uncle’s last movements in the war. Cercas interviewed elders from the small town where his family originated, correlating memories and reconstructing life in a place whose residents—some of them—changed political colors as easily as they changed clothes. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Lord of All the Dead is tightly focused on the village in which Mena lived and in which Cercas was born, and in which their extended family all lived, until mostly leaving in the 1960s, during the massive economic boom brought about by Francisco Franco in the third act of his life, as dictator of Spain for nearly forty years. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Ships from and sold by Blackwell's U.K. *dispatched from UK*. As much a philosophical study of history, as a well paced detective novel, unfolding the notes, and memories, and documents, and legends, and histories leading to the remarkable conclusions. Sold by The Alpha-Books and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020. Fascinating history about the impact the Civil War had on individual villages and one family in particular. I had little detailed knowledge of the Spanish Civil War, thus the book was very enlightening in understanding the origins of that sad conflict. Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020. Lord of All the Dead is a virtuoso performance from a writer who is able to be both a historian and novelist simultaneously...A powerful and strikingly original portrait of a country whose history is a nightmare from which it cannot wake." Javier Cercas recounts the wartime death of a distant uncle, a Franco Nationalist, fighting in the 1938 Battle of the Ebro during the Spanish Civil War. a God. Please try again. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. One of definitive books on the Spanish Civil War, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2021. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Except for the actual gunshots of war one can see parallels to contemporary American political and cultural divides. He is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history.. Amin was born in Koboko to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. His name was Manuel Mena and he died at the age of nineteen in the Battle of the Ebro. This highly personalized history is deeply researched, superbly written with strong characterization of his encounters with his elderly relatives, struggling with old memories, and with rich colorful descriptions of the locales in his adventurist search for the facts of his death. Mentioned in: Year in Reading. More By and About This Author. 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