“If there's one thing I hate the Communists for, Your Excellency,' Foxa once said to Franco, 'it's for obliging me to join the Falange.” — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“If there's one thing I hate the Communists for, Your Excellency,' Foxa once said to Franco, 'it's for obliging me to join the Falange.” — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“Nobody remembers them, you know ? Nobody. Nobody remebers why they died, why they didnt have a wife and children and a sun lit… — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“All good tales are true tales, at least for those who read them, which is all that counts.” — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“Naturally, I asked him what it'd been like to live through Pinochet's coup and the fall of Allende. Naturally, he regarded me with an… — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“I think it was probably both the coincidence and the beer that made Miralles say at some point that we were going to end… — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“He (Antonio Machado) was old, weary and ill, and he no longer believed in Franco's defeat. He wrote 'This is the end; any day… — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“Of course, if you ask, nobody was there when they torched the churches.” — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
“I was about to tell her that Miralles hadn't fought in one war, but many, but I couldn't, because I suddenly saw Miralles walking… — Javier Cercas Copy Share Image
