Historical pantomime
Tag: 23-F
Is Javier Cercas a necromancer?
How else to explain his repeated use of the motif “políticamente * y personalmente roto” in Anatomía de un instante?
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Why Javier Cercas’ pseudo-authentic Anatomía de un instante so appalled me, and El Follonero’s 23-F mockumentary Operación Palace struck me as brilliant. I’d have liked some Austen zombies, but I suppose their moment has passed. (Of cats and hares. I gave up Galdós’ inventions of nation ages ago, but enjoyed them at the time, rather…
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