A True Story Based on Lies

By Jennifer Clement

Book Overview

A True Story Based on Lies is a remarkable novel dealing with universal issues of class discrimination, male oppression and female servitude through spellbinding dual narratives. Set in contemporary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841953725
• ISBN13: 9781841953724
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

beauty and tragedy

This book was introduced to me by my good friend Zoe who I lost to cancer some years ago. During our time together she was forever exposing me to the arts in one form or another. I had no idea at the time that I would be so moved by this little book. Jennifer's style of writing captured me immediately and planted me firmly in alliance with Leonora. I bought three copies of the book, one for myself to keep, one to loan to friends to read or pass on and another as a gift. I cannot recommend it enough, it is among one of my most treasured reads.

A Good Story based on a Gimmick

As this story slowly unfolds, coming together like a jigsaw puzzle, the reader begins to see a picture emerge which is both broader and more powerful than first expected.Don't be put off by the first few chapters, which set up the gimmick of alternating narrators. Within a very few chapters you are hooked and then the book draws you along inexorably to the momentous conclusion.

A magnificent story

The amount of depth in such a slim volume is amazing. Clement's language and rhythm put me in mind of a folk tale that draws one in easily but lets go hard. I picked this up because I thought it would be a fast read, and it was, but it's stuck with me and I find myself thinking of it at odd quiet moments. Read it, savor it, but be careful if you read on the subway -- I kept missing my stops.

Magical Mexico

This book kept haunting me for weeks after I read it. It is a very moving story and the language is pure poetry.