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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
    Publication Date: 22/12/2016
    ISBN13: 9781564788665, 978-1564788665
    ISBN10: 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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