by Antonio Muñoz Molina · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789584243447
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«Como la sombra que se va» is the novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina, published by Seix Barral in paperback (536 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative reconstructs the last days of freedom of James Earl Ray in Lisbon, after assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., based on FBI archives. In parallel, Muñoz Molina interweaves his own past: his young self of 1987 seeking his literary voice and the current author reflecting on the novel as a way of imagining another's life.
The edition belongs to the Biblioteca Breve collection. The work was a finalist for the International Booker Prize in 2018.
For readers of literary fiction interested in recent US history and novels that combine research and personal memory.
Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 8 June 1995. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.
