Losing Is What Matters

Zusatztext "A wonderfully written portrait of a man who must lose everything before he can be free." Informationen zum Autor ??Manuel Pérez Subirana was born in 1971 in Barcelona and studied law. Losing Is What Matters , his literary debut, was enthusiastically received by critics in Spain. He is also the author of the novel Egipto , short-listed for the prestigious Herralde Prize in 2005. Allen Young is a freelance translator. This is his first book-length translation. Klappentext Translation of: Lo importante es perder. Zusammenfassung When his marriage and career fall apart, a young lawyer sets out on a desperate mission to recapture the promise of his youth. His attempt leaves him stranded between a past he no longer recognizes and a life that’s no longer his, and he soon begins to suspect that the surest path to happiness lies in simply giving up. Losing Is What Matters is a moving, tragicomic novel about defeat, memory, and the seductive prospect of losing it all.

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Paerez Subirana, MANU PEREZ SUBIRANA, Manuel Perez Subirana, Manuel Pérez Subirana, Manuel/ Young PTrez Subirana
• Assisted by: Allen Young (Translation)
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781564788665
• ISBN: 978-1-56478-866-5
• No. of pages: 179
• Series: Spanish Literature; Spanish Literature Series; Spanish Literature Series; Spanish Literature
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature