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The Same City Paperback - 2015

Name: The Same City
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Author: Mart�n, Luisg�
ISBN: 9788494349683

by Luisge Martin; Tomasz Dukanovich (Translator)

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"As well as the American setting, the ups and downs of our protagonist recall comparable arcs in the novels of Paul Auster and Philip Roth. . . . The plot is compressed and the prose tight. . . In his sixth novel Martn has delivered a clever and pacy modern fable."--Ben Bollig, Times Literary Supplement

Brandon Moy, a mild-mannered New York executive in the midst of a midlife crisis, has a happenstance encounter with Albert Fergus, a long-lost friend. The glamorous and adventurous existence Albert recounts, contrasting with his own sensible, predictable routine, will unleash in him a deep feeling of waste and regret. The next day, September 11, after his wife and son have headed out for the day, his late start to work will fortuitously save his life, for instead of being at his desk in one of the Twin Towers, he is still in the subway when the planes hit. Realizing that as far as the world is concerned, he is dead, he decides right then and there to take this second chance to do all he yearns for. He buries his former identity and, with only a few dollars in his pocket, sets off on foot in search of a new place to fulfill his dreams. Will he find it, or will they all in the end turn out to be the same city?

Luisg Martn is a Spanish writer born in Madrid in 1962. He has published short story collections, nonfiction works, and over five novels. He also contributes occasionally to Spanish publications, and has been awarded several literary prizes.

Tomasz Dukanovich is a British translator who lives in Madrid.

Details

Title The Same City
Author Luisge Martin; Tomasz Dukanovich (Translator)
Binding Paperback
Edition Paperback
Pages 138
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Hispabooks, Madrid, Spain
Date 2015
ISBN 9788494349683 / 8494349686
Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.32 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.81 cm)
Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Dewey Decimal Code 863.7

About the author

Luisg Martn (Madrid, 1962) graduated in Spanish Language from the University of Madrid. He has worked as an editor for Ediciones SM and in Ediciones del Prado. His writing includes the short story collections Los oscuros (1990) and El alma del erizo (2002) and the novels La dulce ira (1995), La muerte de Tadzio (2000)--Premio Ramn Gmez de la Serna-- Los amores confiados (2005), Las manos cortadas (2009) and Woman in Darkness (Hispabooks 2014). He contributes occasionally to El Viajero, Babelia, El Pas and other Spanish publications. His latest work of fiction is La vida equivocada.