Dark Back of Time
$33.87
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2013
Summary
An extraordinary novel, which meditates on the transience, chance and fragility of life, and the way in which reality blurs into fiction.
“We lose everything because everything remains except us,” says the mysterious narrator of this extraordinary novel, which meditates on the transience, chance and fragility of life, and the way in which reality blurs into fiction. As a man called Javier Marias recalls the strange events and people that shaped his past, including ghostly literary fig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141199894 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014119989X |
| Author: | Javier Marías |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Dark Back of Time is one of the best Spanish novels of the twentieth century
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, magnificent. As 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 *
About The Author
Javier Marías
Javier Marias 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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