Old College, South Bridge
Sun 30 Aug · 13:45
The Cervantes Chair at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to collaborate once more with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, welcoming back one of the most acclaimed authors in Spain: Javier Cercas. February 1981. Shots ring out in Spain’s parliament. Cameras keep rolling. In The Anatomy of a Moment, one of Spain’s most important books of the past 50 years, Javier Cercas revisited the only coup ever captured live on film, transforming the footage into a forensic, gripping narrative. Now, on the 45th anniversary of its inciting event, he reflects on using a novelist’s tools to interrogate a nation’s defining crisis and reveal its very soul. Chaired by Chris Power. Learn more and book your place. https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/javier-cercas-the-anatomy-of-a-moment
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.