by Mary Karr · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442440856
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«Der Club der Lügner» is the memoir by Mary Karr, published by Goldmann in paperback and in German.
The author recalls her childhood in Texas in the 1960s, in a family marked by conflict. With a direct voice and sharp wit, she explores how memory reconstructs events and how family narratives shape identity. It is a tribute to her imperfect clan and to the power of telling true stories.
Original title: The Liars' Club: A Memoir (1995). German edition translated by Sabine Roth, published by Goldmann in 1998. It received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award.
For readers of memoirs and autobiographical narrative, as well as for reading groups interested in family stories.
Mary Karr is an American poet, essayist and memoirist from East Texas. She is widely noted for her 1995 bestselling memoir The Liars' Club. Karr is the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University.
