Lord of all the dead
Cercas, Javier, 1962-2020
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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. 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 misleading perspective of a present full of automatic answers, that fails to consider the particularities of each personal and family drama?
Main title:
Lord of all the dead / Javier Cercas ; translated by Anne McLean.
Author:
Cercas, Javier, 1962-, authorMcLean, Anne, 1962-, translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9780857058355 (pbk)
Dewey class:
863.7
LC class:
PQ6653.E62
Local class:
FT Pbk
Language:
EnglishSpanish
Subject:
BRN:
2621538