The Impostor: A True Story by Javier Cercas (English) Paperback Book

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A true story packed with fiction, from the admired Spanish writer, Javier Cercas

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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

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A true story packed with fiction, a man's ascent to a particularly vocal position among holocaust survivors is followed by his exposure as a fraud, responded to by an appeal to the truth of the feelings. Cercas's novel takes these events and analyses truth, reality and self-mythology accordingly.

Author Biography

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.

Review

[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 TimesA 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"

Long Description

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

Review Quote

Without doubt, his best novel.

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A true story packed with fiction, from the admired Spanish writer, Javier Cercas

Details ISBN0857056522 Author Frank Wynne Pages 432 Publisher Quercus Publishing Series MacLehose Press Editions Year 2018 Translator Frank Wynne ISBN-10 0857056522 ISBN-13 9780857056528 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-08-09 Imprint MacLehose Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 863.7 Short Title The Impostor Language English Subtitle A True Story UK Release Date 2018-08-09 Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-08-13 AU Release Date 2018-08-13 We've got this

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