by Javier Cercas · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490627501
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«El impostor» is the nonfiction novel by Javier Cercas, published by Debolsillo in paperback (456 pages, in Spanish).
It reconstructs the real case of Enric Marco, a nonagenarian from Barcelona who posed as a survivor of the Nazi camps and was unmasked in 2005. Cercas delves into his contradictions and into historical memory, self-deception, and the need for fiction, in a blend of narrative, chronicle, essay, and biography.
Originally published in 2014, the novel belongs to Debolsillo's Contemporánea collection in its 2016 edition.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and historical memory.
Spanish novelist and essayist, author of Soldiers of Salamis, The Anatomy of a Moment and the Terra Alta trilogy.
