Javier Cercas: Anatomy of a Moment

Javier Cercas has written three novels including the best selling Spanish Civil War novel Soldiers of Salamis his newest work The Anatomy of a Moment sees him turn his hand to non-fiction.

The book is published on the 30th anniversary of the attempted coup in Spanish Parliament on 23rd February 1981 and documents the events with an historian’s accuracy and a novelist’s thrilling narrative skills.

Cercas will be discussing The Anatomy of Movement and will also touch upon his other books, including Soldiers of Salamis