The Anatomy of a Moment : Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination (Paperback)

from bcquinnsmom

Jorge Luis Borges once wrote that "every destiny, however long and complicated, essentially boils down to a single moment -- the moment a man knows, once and for all, who he is." Thirty years ago in February of 1981, that moment came for three people who refused to comply with the demands of Lt. ...

from lriley

Javier Cercas's 'The anatomy of a moment' revolves around the somewhat forgotten (outside of Spain anyway) failed military coup to bring down the Adolfo Suarez led government in February 1981. Suarez--considered by many on the right side of politics in Spain at the time to be a traitor to his upb...

from berthirsch

The Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas A history, a meta-non-fiction, written by the acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Cercas. An Anatomy of a Moment takes place on 23February at the Parliament building (Cortes) in Madrid, Spain. Throughout the end of 1980 the new Spanish democracy, designed an...

from kristykay22

This non-fiction novel by Spanish author Javier Cercas explores in detail the half an hour of video footage of the 23 February 1981 coup d'etat in post-Franco Spain. When an armed faction of the military entered the Cortes and took the entire parliament hostage, three men refused to get down on t...

from walshga

Historical account and personal reflections on events surrounding a 1981 coup attempt in Spain (called "23-F"). In-depth look at Spanish political life in the years just after dictator Franco's death. Author wanted to write a novel at first, but felt instead that the reality of 23-F "mattered mor...