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The Impostor

By Javier Cercas

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The Impostor

By Javier Cercas

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018 A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCO But who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan who fabricated his heroic war record, who was never a prisoner in the Third Reich and never opposed Franco; a charming, beguiling and compulsive liar who refashioned himself as a defender of liberty and who was unmasked in 2005 at the height of his influence and renown? In this extraordinary novel - part narrative, part history, part essay, part biography, part autobiography - Javier Cercas unravels the enigma of the man and delves with passion and honesty into the most ambiguous aspects of what makes us human - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our thirst for affection and our conflicting needs for fiction and for truth. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
2018-08-09
Publication Date:
2018-08-09
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
046445265108570565220857428306
ISBN13:
9780857056528
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
302 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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