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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. A moving, tragicomic novel about defeat, memory, and the seductive prospect of losing it all.



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“Mature, free-flowing prose with Proustian comparisons and images—very rare for a first novel. An author endowed with a style in the tradition of the finest narrative, with a densely personal world.” -- Joaquín Arnáiz * La Razón *
"A wonderfully written portrait of a man who must lose everything before he can be free."

Losing Is What Matters

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    A Paperback / softback by Manuel Perez Subirana, Allen Young

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      Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
      Published 22 December 2016
      ISBN-13 9781564788665
      978-1564788665
      ISBN-10 1564788660

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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. A moving, tragicomic novel about defeat, memory, and the seductive prospect of losing it all.



      Trade Review
      “Mature, free-flowing prose with Proustian comparisons and images—very rare for a first novel. An author endowed with a style in the tradition of the finest narrative, with a densely personal world.” -- Joaquín Arnáiz * La Razón *
      "A wonderfully written portrait of a man who must lose everything before he can be free."

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