Bibliograph

The impostor, a true story, Javier Cercas ; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

Type

Label

The impostor, a true story, Javier Cercas ; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The impostor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1004576248

Responsibility statement

Javier Cercas ; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

Sub title

a true story

Summary

An elderly man in his nineties, living in Barcelona, a Holocaust survivor who gave hundreds of speeches, granted dozens of interviews, received important national honors, and even moved government officials to tears. But in May 2005, Marco was exposed as a fraud: he was never in a Nazi concentration camp

Table Of Contents

The onion skin -- The novelist of himself -- The flight of Icarus -- The blind spot

Target audience

adult

Classification