A Heart so White - Penguin Modern Classics
A Heart so White - Penguin Modern Classics
paperback | English
Published:
2 August, 2012
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Description
A Heart so White is the breathtaking international bestseller and IMPAC Award-winning masterpiece by Javier Marías, whose highly-anticipated new novel The Infatuations is published in 2013. This Penguin Modern Classics edition features a new Introduction by Jonathan Coe.
A Heart so White begins as, In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Years later, this mystery fascinates the young newlywed Juan, whose father was married to Teresa before he married Juan's mother. As Juan edges closer to the truth, he begins to question his own relationships, and whether he really wants to know what happened. Haunting and unsettling, A Heart So White is a breathtaking portrayal of two generations, two marriages, the relentless power of the past and the terrible price of knowledge.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141199955 |
| ISBN10 | 0141199954 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 230 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 197 x 19 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature * Boston Globe *
I was enthralled * Marina Warner, Guardian *
Marías' challenging and seductive technique reaches its pinnacle in A Heart So White * The New York Times *
The work of a supreme stylist ... It is brilliantly done * James Woodall, The Times *
As unique as it is brilliant... an entertaining and intelligent novel * Washington Post *
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Author's Bio
Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.