by Enrique de Heriz · Phoenix · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780752882567
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«Lies» is the contemporary novel by Enrique de Heriz, published by Phoenix in paperback (496 pages, in English).
Isobel, an anthropologist, is declared dead after a boat accident in Guatemala, but survives in hiding without deciding whether to reveal she is still alive. Isobel's daughter, Serena, tries to reconstruct the family history before her father's Alzheimer's erases the memories, and the novel interweaves memory, identity, truth and lies.
The novel was originally published in Spanish as «Mentira» (2004), winner of the Premi Llibreter for narrative; the English translation was a finalist for the Valle-Inclán Prize in 2007.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking family stories with mystery, memory and identity.
Enrique de Hériz was a Spanish writer, translator, and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona and studied Spanish Philology at the University of Barcelona. At an early age he achieved prominence as a translator and an editor. Among the authors whose books he helped to produce in Spanish were Annie Proulx, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen King, Peter Carey, and John Fowles. He also produced the first full Spanish translation of Robinson Crusoe.
