Overview
Un hombre sigue el rastro de mentiras de otro en una cautivadora historia psicológica sobre la búsqueda de la identidad, escrita por el galardonado escritor japonés Keiichiro Hirano en su primera novela traducida al español. Akira Kido es un abogado especializado en divorcios, cuyo matrimonio corre el riesgo de ser destruido por una desconexión emocional. Con la crisis de la mediana edad a la vuelta de la esquina, su vida se ve trastocada por el resurgimiento de una antigua clienta: Rie Takemoto. Ella quiere que Kido investigue a su esposo recién fallecido. Tras su muerte, Rie descubre que había estado viviendo una mentira. El nombre, el pasado y toda la identidad de Daisuke pertenecían a otra persona. La investigación sumerge a Akira en una obsesión: descubrir quiénes eran realmente Daisuke y la persona que usurpó su nombre. En este juego de máscaras, y tras cada nueva revelación, el abogado compartirá la tentación de borrar su propia vida para crearse una nueva. En Cierto hombre, ganadora del prestigioso Premio Yomiuri de Literatura de Japón, Keiichiro Hirano explora la búsqueda de la identidad, la ambigüedad de la memoria, los legados con los que vivimos y morimos, así como la posibilidad de reconciliarnos con quien nos hemos convertido. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A man follows the trail of another man's lies in a captivating psychological story about the search for identity, written by award-winning Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano in his first novel translated into Spanish. Akira Kido is a divorce lawyer whose marriage is at risk of being destroyed by emotional disconnection. With a midlife crisis looming, his life is turned upside down by the reappearance of a former client: Rie Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate her recently deceased husband. After his death, Rie discovers that she had been living a lie. Daisuke's name, past, and entire identity belonged to someone else. The investigation plunges Akira into an obsession: discovering who Daisuke and the person who usurped his name really were. In this game of masks, and after each new revelation, the lawyer will share the temptation to erase his own life in order to create a new one. In Cierto hombre (A Certain Man), the winner of Japan's prestigious Yomiuri Literary Award, Keiichiro Hirano, explores the search for identity, the ambiguity of memory, the legacies we live and die with, and the possibility of reconciling ourselves with who we have become.
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