The same city / Luisgé Martin ; translated from the Spanish by Tomasz Dukanovich.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Martín, Luis G., 1962- author.

Contributor:

Dukanovich, Tomasz, translator.

Class of 1939 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Misma ciudad. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Midlife crisis--Fiction.

Midlife crisis.

Impersonation--Fiction.

Impersonation.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Fiction.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

137 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Madrid, Spain : Hispabooks Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

"In truth, he had left New York looking for just that-the razor's edge along which to walk, the unfathomable danger that would turn his life into an adventure." 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?"--Page [4] of cover.

Notes:

Originally published in Spain as: La misma ciudad by Anagrama, 2013.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1939 Fund.

ISBN:

9788494349683

8494349686

OCLC:

904037171