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The Impostor

Author: Javier Cercas
SKU: 9780857056528

Kshs 1,295.00

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION – FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCOBut 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

  • Classifications: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 432 pages

ISBN : 9780857056528

Published : 9 Aug 2018

Author : Javier Cercas

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Quercus Publishing

Size : 198 x 130 x 27 (mm)

Weight : 304g

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