La velocidad de la luz / The Speed of Light (Paperback)

from berthirsch

The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas Another wonderful piece of literature from the author of Soldiers of Salamis. This book followed up on the success he had with Soldiers. A Catalan writer early on in his fledgling career is invited to a fellowship in Urbana, Illinois. Leaving his then roommate,...

from kidzdoc

This brilliant novel concerns a budding young writer who decides to leave Barcelona and travel to a university town in the US Midwest to take up a teaching position. He is befriended by an older man in the same department at the university, who is deeply scarred by his experiences in Vietnam. The...

from readwithme

A writer in residence at a university in the US meets a mysterious man. The book is about his quest to understand the friendship with the man, a Vietnam veteran. Write attains international fame and starts a family but there is tragedy, both personal, and for his friend. Friend is involved in the...

from lriley

Recently shortlisted for this year's Irish Impac Award--'The speed of light' like Cercas's previously translated novel 'Soldiers of Salamis' is a book that crosses back and forth between fiction and non-fiction. A young Spanish writer is given the opportunity to come to the United States to teach...

from berthirsch

The Speed of Light by Javier Cercas Another wonderful piece of literature from the author of Soldiers of Salamis. This book followed up on the success he had with Soldiers. A Catalan writer early on in his fledgling career is invited to a fellowship in Urbana, Illinois. Leaving his then roommate,...