The Impostor
A True Story
$39.80
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2018
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857056528 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857056522 |
| Author: | Javier Cercas, Frank Wynne |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
| Series: | MacLehose Press Editions |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Without doubt, his best novel.
[The Impostor] vibrates with an insomniac energy … it has the hot, charged energy of sitting through a trial … The language is precise, distinctive and delicious. - New York Times
A fascinating, highly charged, scalpel-sharp dissection. - The TimesThe Impostor is a humane, artistically responsible and civilised book, one that you finish feeling heartened that such a serious-minded writer as Cercas is at work. - Sunday TimesNo Spanish writer has probed the unhealed wounds of the country’s history with more subtlety and rigour than Mr Cercas - EconomistBesides being a piece of nifty journalistic detective work, Cercas’ book is an insightful psychological study … Both convincing and compelling - SpectatorJavier Cercas is one of Europe’s most serious and attractive writers … Cercas is not content with the easy story, in this case the unmasking of a false hero. He boldly searches for the hidden truths of his elusive subject and his times. - Literary ReviewMasterly … Cercas probes this mysterious and extraordinary life with uncommon patience, uncommon skill and uncommon sympathy. - ScotsmanTruth and fiction blend in an outstanding novel about a Holocaust impostor - Sunday Times “Must Reads”About The Author
Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist, short-story writer and columnist, whose books include Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide, won six literary awards in Spain and was filmed by David Trueba), The Tenant and The Motive, The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.
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