JAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen
novels, including The Infatuations and A Heart So White, as well as
three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays.
His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold
more than eight and a half million copies worldwide, and has won a
dazzling array of international literary awards, including the
prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix
Femina Étranger. He died in 2022.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
"Javier Marías is in my opinion one of the best contemporary
writers." —J.M. Coetzee
"Dazzling.... Javier Marías writes with elegance, with wit and with
masterful suspense." —The Times Literary Supplement
“Javier Marías is such an elegant, witty and persuasive writer that
it is tempting simply to quote him at length.” —The Scotsman
"Stylish, cerebral.... Marías is a startling talent...His prose is
ambitious, ironic, philosophical, and ultimately compassionate."
—The New York Times
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