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The Impostor : A True Story by Javier Cercas (2018, Hardcover) NEW

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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9781524732813
Book Title
Impostor : a True Story
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2018
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Javier Cercas
Genre
True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Holocaust, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Criminals & Outlaws
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Width
6.6 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1524732818
ISBN-13
9781524732813
eBay Product ID (ePID)
241074648

Product Key Features

Book Title
Impostor : a True Story
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Holocaust, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Criminals & Outlaws
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Javier Cercas
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-044942
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"A fascinating, highly charged, scalpel-sharp dissection of Marco's deception, which also looks at the dilemma of the justifiable lie, and the collective lies Spain told itself as it moved from dictatorship to democracy." -- The Times (UK) "No Spanish writer has probed the unhealed wounds of the country's history with more subtlety and rigour than Cercas . . . . The Impostor is a true story that even the most fanciful yarn-spinner would blush to invent . . . Mixing dogged research and testy, sparring interviews with the charming pretender, Cercas scrupulously tracks Marco's big lie." -- The Economist "A humane, artistically responsible, and civilised book, one that you finish feeling heartened that such a serious-minded writer as Cercas is at work." -- The Sunday Times "Cercas probes this mysterious and extraordinary life with uncommon patience, uncommon skill, and uncommon sympathy . . . A fascinating book." -- The Scotsman "Besides being a piece of nifty journalistic detective work, Cercas's book is an insightful psychological study . . . Both convincing and compelling." -- The Spectator "An awful lot here resonates--not just the buzzy issues of myth-making that dominate much of contemporary politics, but more enduring questions about the nature of truth and storytelling." -- Daily Mail "Incandescent . . . Magnificent . . . In addition to an incisive journalistic investigation, Cercas's book is a subtle essay on the nature of fiction and how it can infiltrate life and upset it . . . Marco's illness is a disease of our time, that of a culture in which truth is less important than appearance, in which to perform is the best (perhaps the only) way of being and living. Fiction has replaced reality in the world we live in, and average characters from the real world don't interest us. Fabricators do." -- El Pas "Cercas's best book to date . . . A marvelous book that readers will enjoy." -- ABC Cultural
Dewey Decimal
863/.64
Synopsis
Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize For decades, Enric Marco was revered as a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a crusader for justice, and a Holocaust survivor. But in May 2005, at the height of his renown, he was exposed as a fraud: Marco was never in a Nazi concentration camp. And perhaps the rest of his past was fabricated, too, a combination of his delusions of grandeur and his compulsive lying. In this hypnotic narrative, which combines fiction and nonfiction, detective story and war story, biography and autobiography, Javier Cercas sets out to unravel Marco's enigma. With both profound compassion and lacerating honesty, Cercas probes one man's gigantic lie to explore the deepest, most flawed parts of our humanity.
LC Classification Number
PQ6653.E62I4713 2018

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