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Javier Cercas tries to find an answer to the question why three Republican soldiers saved frankist politician's life at the end of the Spanish civil war. He starts an investigation in archives, libraries and searchs for living witnesses...

Pick with an * I ,like @BarbaraBB had a hard time getting into it .The novel based on historical events in the Spanish Ciivil war was in 3 parts , amazing to me , I loved the 3rd part . If I wasn‘t so interested in the topic, I might have bailed #readingeurope2020
#Spain

I will probably finish this today, wanted to post my #tearjerker for #readwithmrbook war stories always make me cry, loss of innocence, casualties, & in the Spanish Civil War so many faced grinding poverty.
Will use this title for #readingeurope2020
#Spain

Well. A biography of Rafael Sánches Mazas, a man I didn't know until now and in who I am still not very much interested. The book is well written, though, it's about the Spanish civil war and how a journalist explores the story of Sánches Mazas, who was being saved by an unknown soldier in the woods in the north of Spain. #1001books

Beyond Cervantes and Ruiz Zafón, I think authors from Spain are largely unknown. I don't know if this book has found much fame in English-speaking parts of the world, but it was HUGE here and then made into a film.

I like Cercas's writing because it focuses on vernacular Castilian Spanish with the narrator telling the story as if he's speaking to a friend. #notinenglish

Day 21: reading snacks. Salami roll-ups I made for last weekend's @ForeverYoungAdult book club party! The theme was homecoming, because we are adults who are so very good at adulting. (Also, the fact that there's a book in Litsy's database called "Soldiers of Salamis" is EVERYTHING.) @RealLifeReading #booktober