Javier Cercas in conversation with Kirsty Lang

Meet one of Spain’s most internationally renowned writers, Javier Cercas, as he discusses his crime trilogy Terra Alta.

Cercas opens up the world of Terra Alta, and delves into the series’ final book, Fortress of Evil, where Melchor – years before took revenge for his mother’s murder – finds his peace shattered when his teenage daughter Cosette discovers the truth behind her own mother’s death.

Angry and betrayed, Cosette escapes with her friend Elisa to Mallorca, but only Elisa returns.

Cercas’ awards include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis (translated by Anne McLean), the European Book Prize for The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne), and the 2023 Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation for Even the Darkest Night (translated by Anne McLean), the first book in the Terra Alta trilogy.