Dark Back of Time by Javier Marías
'We lose everything because everything remains except us'. In this book, the author recalls the strange events and people that shaped his past, including ghostly literary figures, a pilot, an adventurer, a brother who died as a child and the king of an island in the Caribbean, we begin to question the nature of time, memory and reality itself.
Dark Back of Time is one of the best Spanish novels of the twentieth century * Julia Ortega, Brown University *
It leaves you with an impression of having been haunted: the most complex, perfect and outstanding of Marias' novels * Reforma *
Neither essay nor novel, Javier Marías' most recent book is, quite simply, magnificentAs a book, it is funny, even hilarious, and at times profound, obsessive, and overwhelming. * Le Monde *
The author knows how to dive into the formidable chasms of life, fate and death * El Pais *
I was enthralled by his strange mix of made-up memories, lost experiences and real-life fantasies -- Marina Warner * Guardian *
Shows sensitivity in exploring an entire shadowland of human experience just beyond the reach of words, and could be said to be a culminating point in the author's career * The Times Literary Supplement *
It leaves you with an impression of having been haunted: the most complex, perfect and outstanding of Marias' novels * Reforma *
Neither essay nor novel, Javier Marías' most recent book is, quite simply, magnificentAs a book, it is funny, even hilarious, and at times profound, obsessive, and overwhelming. * Le Monde *
The author knows how to dive into the formidable chasms of life, fate and death * El Pais *
I was enthralled by his strange mix of made-up memories, lost experiences and real-life fantasies -- Marina Warner * Guardian *
Shows sensitivity in exploring an entire shadowland of human experience just beyond the reach of words, and could be said to be a culminating point in the author's career * The Times Literary Supplement *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141199894 |
| ISBN 10 | 014119989X |
| Title | Dark Back of Time |
| Author | Javier Marías |
| Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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