by Javier Cercas · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439732570
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«El monarca de las sombras» is the historical novel by Javier Cercas, published by Random House in hardcover (288 pages, in Spanish).
Javier Cercas investigates the figure of his great-uncle Manuel Mena, a young man who enlisted in Franco's army at the outbreak of the Civil War and died at the Battle of the Ebro. From that family inquiry, the novel reflects on the legacy of the war, heroism, and the difficulty of assuming an uncomfortable past.
«El monarca de las sombras» was published in 2017 in Spain and belongs to the Literatura Random House collection, number 101101.
For readers of historical fiction and followers of Javier Cercas, especially those who have already read Soldados de Salamina.
Novelista y ensayista español, autor de Soldados de Salamina, Anatomía de un instante y la trilogía de Terra Alta.
