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The Snares of Memory
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Snares of Memory
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Juan Marse
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Translated by Nick Caistor
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 208,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780857058768
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Quercus Publishing
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Imprint |
MacLehose Press
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Publication Date |
19 September 2019 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In January 1949 on an otherwise unremarkable day in an unremarkable Barcelona neighbourhood cinema, a prostitute is murdered in cold blood in the projection booth by the assistant projectionist, one Fermin Sicart. More than thirty years later, a screenwriter resolves to determine the truth behind her murder, and seeks out Fermin, who has served his time. But though Fermin remembers killing his victim, and exactly how he did it, he cannot for the life of him recall why. THE SNARES OF MEMORY, by one of the great Spanish men of letters, is at once an investigation of memory, motive and murder and a pointed dig at the Spanish film industry of the second half of the twentieth century.
Author Biography
Juan Marse was born in 1933 in Barcelona. He is a Spanish novelist and screenwriter, and has won numerous awards for both his novels, most recently the 2008 Cervantes Prize.
ReviewsJuan Marse's contribution to European fiction has been consistently remarkable. - Times Literary Supplement. One of Europe's best living novelists. - Independent. Among Spain's finest living authors. - Guardian.
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