Javier Cercas presents his last book at Hay Festival, London and Norwich
Spanish writer Javier Cercas (Cáceres, 1962) will participate in the Hay Festival in a talk with Daniel Hahn on Saturday, June 1st and he will also be in conversation with Gaby Wood, journalist and literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, at the London Review Bookshop on June 3rd.
Furthermore, the writer of’ ‘Soldiers of Salamis’ will also participate in the event, Stories from Europe on June 4th at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, where he will be in conversation with writers Christina Hesselholdt, Pajtim Statovci and Lina Wolff.
In his new book, ‘Lord of all the Dead’, Cercas takes a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents’ village in Extremadura, southern Spain, to research the life of Manuel Mena.
Javier Cercas presenta su última novela en el Hay Festival, Londres y Norwich
El escritor Javier Cercas (Cáceres, 1962) participará en el Hay Festival en un encuentro con Daniel Hahn el sábado 1 de junio y mantendrá una charla con el periodista y director literario de la Fundación Booker Prize, Gaby Wood, en la aclamada librería London Review Bookshop el 3 de junio.
Además, el autor de ‘Soldados de Salamina’ también acudirá el 4 de junio al National Centre for Writing en Norwich, donde conversará con los escritores Christina Hesselholdt, Pajtim Statovci y Lina Wolff.
En su último libro, ‘El monarca de las sombras’, Cercas hace un viaje valiente hacia su propia historia familiar y la de un país que se derrumbó a causa de una guerra fratricida. Cercas vuelve a visitar Ibahernando, el pueblo de sus padres en Extremadura, para investigar la vida de Manuel Mena.
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