Enrique de Hériz
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.5 | 179 Users | 23 Reviews
Describe Containing Books Lies
| Title | : | Lies |
| Author | : | Enrique de Hériz |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | April 17th 2007 by Nan A. Talese (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Cultural. International |
Narrative Toward Books Lies
Isabel Azuera, an anthropologist, is deep in the jungle of northern Guatemala. She has told everyone that she is doing field research, but in fact she has made the journey to escape her family. When she learns that she is believed to have died in a terrible boating accident and that her children have misidentified a mutilated body as her own, she decides to keep the truth hidden and remain “dead.” Alone in the jungle, she begins reassessing the lies and legends upon which the foundations of her family’s history have been constructed.Thousands of miles away, Isabel’s daughter, Serena, and the rest of the family have gathered at her parents’ beachhouse near Barcelona. Serena is keeping a diary and trying to make sense of her family and its history. Her voice echoes, enhances, and at times challenges her mother’s memories and perceptions.
An intricately wrought, multilayered novel—and winner of the Premi Llibreter in Spain (The Bookseller’s Award)—LIES ranges from the present to deep into the past. As Isabel and Serena recount spellbinding tales of love affairs and scandals within the Azuera family, the lies and legends that have influenced generations gradually come to light. Interwoven into the narratives are beautifully-told digressions on the tribal customs and cultures, funerary rituals, and even the legends surrounding the eighth-century Chinese poet Li Po.
Some of the stories are brutal, others droll, and still others exciting. Together they illuminate the importance of storytelling in shaping our beliefs about our families and ourselves.
Details Books Conducive To Lies
| Original Title: | Mentira |
| ISBN: | 0385517947 (ISBN13: 9780385517942) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Premio de traducción literaria Valle Inclán Nominee for John Cullen (2007), Premi Llibreter de narrativa (2004) |
Rating Containing Books Lies
Ratings: 3.5 From 179 Users | 23 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Lies
Enrique de Hériz (1964) is one of the true storytellers. For years he worked as a lecturer, translator and publisher before he completely gave himself to writing. His first novel, El dia menos pensado, received overwhelmingly good reviews. In 2003 he was awarded the Premio UNED for short stories. His third novel, Mentira (Lies) was awarded the Spanish booktraders prize.https://bitacorademislecturas.blogspo...
Always nice to read a novel from a different country and this one from Spanish writer de Heriz is very good. It deals with the lies that families tell each other through the generations - to amuse, to mislead, or to preserve family ties. It is good how the various lies over the years all come together at the end when the presumed dead mother of this family is reunited with her husband and children.
It was interesting reading about the work and studies of an anthropologist, but I didn't really get in to the whole narrative history of this family... I didn't like how each character seemed so locked in to their particular role, I just guess I didn't really care that much for them. Maybe I'd rather read a whole book about the Russian couple.
DNF
fantastico libro sobre la libertad de escapar de una vida que oprime, encorseta y a la que se vuelve desde una posición nueva.
Good storytelling of a modern-day Spanish family and the lies that have been a part of their family in the past and the present.
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