El Periã3dico de la Democracia / Democracyâ (Tm)S Newspaper [Spanish]

By Javier Cercas

El nuevo libro de Javier Cercas relata los ltimos 50 a os de la historia de Espa a, que son los del diario El Pa s, a trav s de un recorrido personal y una l cida reflexi n sobre los v nculos entre periodismo, literatura, pol tica y libertades.

El diario El Pa s sali a la calle el 4 de mayo de 1976, menos de seis meses despu s de la muerte de Franco, cuando el camino a la democracia apenas empezaba a atisbarse. La idea del peri dico se incub entre un grupo de editores e intelectuales que, en las postrimer as del franquismo, buscaba un instrumento de reforma del r gimen, de talante liberal y vocaci n europe sta, que contribuyera a suturar las heridas provocadas por la guerra civil y la dictadura y a hallar una salida sin traumas del franquismo. Su xito fue fulgurante.

A los 50 a os de ese momento fundacional de la historia reciente espa ola, Javier Cercas asumi el reto de contar la historia de un pa s a trav s de la de su peri dico de referencia; pero El peri dico de la democracia no es solo una historia personal de ese periodo: es tambi n una reflexi n acerca de la relaci n del periodismo con la literatura, una cr nica de la formaci n intelectual de un escritor y un homenaje a la importancia de la prensa en la construcci n y la defensa de las libertades.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Javier Cercas's new book recounts the last 50 years of Spain's history--the same 50 years as the newspaper El Pa s--through a personal journey and a lucid reflection on the ties between journalism, literature, politics, and freedom.

El Pa s first appeared on newsstands on May 4, 1976, less than six months after Franco's death, at a time when the path toward democracy was only just beginning to emerge. The idea for the newspaper took shape among a group of publishers and intellectuals who, in the final years of the Franco regime, sought a tool for reform--liberal in spirit and European in outlook--that would help heal the wounds caused by the Civil War and the dictatorship and find a smooth, trauma-free transition from Francoism. Its success was meteoric.

On the 50th anniversary of that foundational moment in Spain's recent history, Javier Cercas took on the challenge of telling the story of a country through the story of its leading newspaper. But Democracy's Newspaper is not only a personal account of that period: it is also a reflection on the relationship between journalism and literature, a chronicle of a writer's intellectual formation, and a tribute to the vital role of the press in building and safeguarding freedoms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: B0GP66MDR6
• ISBN13: 9798890988164
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Literatura Random House
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.5"