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The Impostor
The Impostor | Javier Cercas
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The Impostor, by the admired Spanish writer Javier Cercas, is a true story that is nevertheless packed with fiction - fiction created by its main character, Enric Marco. Who is Enric Marco? An old man from Barcelona who claims to be a Nazi concentration camp survivor and rises to be president of Spain's leading Holocaust survivor movement, the Friends of Mauthausen. By the time he is unmasked in Austria in 2005 on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the camp, he has become a civic hero, speaking at hundreds of conferences, granting dozens of interviews, receiving state honours, publishing a successful memoir and even moving Spanish congressmen to tears at a memorial homage to Republicans deported by the Third Reich. The case shocked the world, and Enric Marco was labelled a great imposter to which he responded: "I am an impostor, but not a fraud." A decade later, Javier Cercas addresses the enigma of the man, his truths and lies, and, through an investigation that unravels Spain's history in the twentieth century, delves with passion and unflinching honesty into that deepest part of human nature - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our lies, our insatiable thirst for affection and our opposing needs for fiction and reality. The Impostor is an extraordinary novel that not only tells Marco's self-deluding story, but also challenges the reader to consider how truthful any of us is in the way we present ourselves in daily life. Are we not all, asks Cercas, the novelists of our own lives?
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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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