{"product_id":"lord-of-all-the-dead-javier-cercas-9780525562504","title":"Lord of All the Dead: A Nonfiction Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply personal work of historical interrogation from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOutlaws.\u003c\/i\u003e Javier Cercas, \"the bard of [the] movement for the recovery of Spain's suppressed memory\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), unpacks the legacy of the Spanish Civil War by way of his own family's history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up, Cercas was inculcated with the legend of his beloved great-uncle, Manuel Mena, who died at nineteen in the bloodiest battle of the Spanish Civil War--while fighting for Franco. Who was this young man? A fascist hero whose memory is now an embarrassment or a committed idealist who happened to fall on the wrong side of history? In \u003ci\u003eLord of All the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, Cercas pieces together the life of his enigmatic relative and in so doing tells the story of an entire generation. Combining intimate family history, investigative scholarship, personal confession, and a novelist's imagination, Cercas has crafted a transcendent portrait of a country's indelible scars, a book about heroism, death, the persistence of the past, and the meaning of an individual life against the tapestry of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Cercas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525562508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525562504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Javier Cercas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982737604863,"sku":"9780525562504","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9067724f-3bc5-4669-98fc-23775e65f84a.jpg?v=1683262773","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lord-of-all-the-dead-javier-cercas-9780525562504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}