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El Impostor
El Impostor | Javier Cercas
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He aqu una fascinante novela sin ficcin saturada de ficcin; la ficcin no la pone el autor: la pone Enric Marco. Quin es Enric Marco? Un nonagenario barcelons que se hizo pasar por superviviente de los campos nazis y que fue desenmascarado en mayo de 2005, despus de presidir durante tres aos la asociacin espaola de los supervivientes, pronunciar centenares de conferencias, conceder decenas de entrevistas, recibir importantes distinciones y conmover en algn caso hasta las lgrimas a los parlamentarios espaoles reunidos para rendir homenaje por vez primera a los republicanos deportados por el III Reich. El caso dio la vuelta al mundo y convirti a Marco en el gran impostor y el gran maldito. Ahora, casi una dcada ms tarde, Javier Cercas asedia, en este thriller hipntico que es tambin un banquete con muchos platos -narracin, crnica, ensayo, biografa y autobiografa-, el enigma del personaje, su verdad y sus falsedades y, a travs de esa indagacin que recorre casi un siglo de historia de Espaa, bucea con una pasin de kamikaze y una honestidad desgarradora en lo ms profundo de nosotros mismos: en nuestra infinita capacidad de autoengao, en nuestro conformismo y nuestras mentiras, en nuestra sed insaciable de afecto, en nuestras necesidades contrapuestas de ficcin y de realidad, en las zonas ms dolorosas de nuestro pasado reciente. El resultado es un libro que no habla de Enric Marco sino de usted, lector; tambin el libro ms insumiso y radical de Javier Cercas: un libro asombroso que, con una audacia indita, ensancha los lmites del gnero novelesco y explora las ltimas fronteras de nuestra humanidad.
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Reyzl
El Impostor | Javier Cercas
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Bailedbailed

The Impostor is the true story of a man who was the president of the association of Spanish survivors of concentration camps called Amical Mathausen based in Barcelona. He was widely recognized. Some years ago, a historian exposed his lies and deceit: he had never been a prisoner at Mathausen and his stories were full of lies. After reading about 100 pages, I couldn‘t continue because of the disdain that I felt about the impostor.

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Simona
The Impostor | Javier Cercas
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Mehso-so

Enric Marco was a man, claiming that he is survivor of the concentration camp Flossenbürg. Well, he wasn‘t ... he was liar seeking the spotlight. His real life story, real personality are the driving force of this ‘novel without fiction‘. The story is interesting, providing a glimpse into recent Spanish history, intertwine with philosophical themes and author‘s personal struggles as a writer, but I didn‘t like very repetitive writing style⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Simona
The Impostor | Javier Cercas
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1. Something Easter-y and spring-y
2. The Impostor (sixth book from Man Booker International Prize longlist and first disappointment)
3. #friyayintro @jesshowbooks

emilyhaldi Love that little egg dish! 💗 7y
Simona @emilyhaldi Me too! Especially when is filled with chocolate 😋😘 7y
AceOnRoam You are doing so well in the MBI list 👏👏👏 7y
Simona @AceOnRoam Thanks 😘 It‘s a very strong, diverse and interesting longlist, with enjoyable stories ... so far, this one is the weakest, but still quite interesting. 7y
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Simona
The Impostor | Javier Cercas
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From my current read ... I know it doesn't sound like something beautiful, but this is painfully powerful quote from a story about impostor - which was a real life person https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enric_Marco

#quotsy #quotsyMarch18 #face

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