Lies
Subtitle: a novel
By: Enrique de Hériz ; translated from the Spanish by John Cullen
Contributors: Cullen, John
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780385517942; 9780385520911
Subjects: Grandfathers; Genealogy; Authorship; Missing persons; Boating accidents; Mothers and daughters; Fiction
Work titles: Mentira
Description: An intricately wrought, multilayered novel, "Lies" ranges from the present to deep in the past. Told through two narratives, the stories are both brutal and exciting. Together these stories illuminate the importance of storytelling in shaping beliefs about families and their histories.