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Javier Cercas

Born

in Ibahernando (Cáceres), Spain

January 01, 1962

Website

http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clube...

Genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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Philip Roth, Borges, Cabrera Infante, Vargas Llosa, Flaubert, Unamuno ...more

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Javier Cercas Mena (Ibahernando, provincia de Caceres, 1962) es un escritor y traductor español.

Hijo de un veterinario rural, cuando contaba cuatro años, en 1966 su familia se trasladó a Tarragona, y allí estudió con los jesuitas. Es primo carnal del político Alejandro Cercas. A los quince años la lectura de Jorge Luis Borges le inclinó para siempre a la escritura. En 1985 se licenció en Filología Hispánica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y más tarde se doctoró. Trabajó durante dos años en la Universidad de Illinois en Urbana; mientras estaba allí se publicó su primera novela, El móvil, y compuso su segunda novela; desde 1989 es profesor de literatura española en la Universidad de Girona. Está casado y tiene un hijo. Se transformó e ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 50,465 ratings · 5,456 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Soldados de Salamina 3.86 avg rating — 13,908 ratings — published 2001 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terra Alta (Terra Alta, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 10,416 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo 4.25 avg rating — 3,820 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Independencia (Terra Alta, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 3,763 ratings — published 2021 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anatomía de un instante 4.09 avg rating — 3,360 ratings — published 2009 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El impostor 3.64 avg rating — 3,120 ratings — published 2014 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas, Anne McLean (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 2,574 ratings — published 2005 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El castillo de Barbazul (Terra Alta, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 2,487 ratings — published 2022 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las leyes de la frontera 3.84 avg rating — 2,164 ratings — published 2012 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord of All the Dead 3.62 avg rating — 1,491 ratings — published 2017 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Odiar a alguien es como beberte un vaso de veneno creyendo que así vas a matar a quien odias.”
― Javier Cercas, Terra Alta

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“All wars are full of stories that sound like fiction.”
― Javier Cercas

tags: war

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“He (Antonio Machado) was old, weary and ill, and he no longer believed in Franco's defeat. He wrote 'This is the end; any day now Barcelona will fall. For the strategists, for the politicians, for the historians, it is all clear: we have lost the war. But in human terms, I am not so sure. Perhaps we have won.”
― Javier Cercas, Soldados de Salamina

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