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Javier Marías

    September 20, 1951 – September 11, 2022

    Javier Marías was a Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist whose work has been translated into 42 languages. His writing was characterized by a profound exploration of memory, time, and the nature of the spoken and written word. Marías often delved into themes of loss, forgetting, and the intricate nature of human relationships, weaving philosophical reflections with compelling narratives. His unique and recognizable style, marked by long, winding sentences and meticulous word choice, drew readers into the complex inner lives of his characters.

    Javier Marías
    Berta Isla
    Tomas Nevinson
    Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
    ¿Será buena persona el cocinero?
    Your Face Tomorrow, Volume 2
    Your face tomorrow
    • 2023

      Un volumen que coloca a Marías entre los maestros del género, entre Cortázar, Salinger, Poe o el primer Capote. Mientras ellas duermen, título a su vez de uno de los relatos de este volumen, sirve para definir el hilo conductor de los restantes, cuyos protagonistas parecen situados en el espacio indeterminado de la vigilia, en la irrealidad del sueño. La galería de personajes trazados por Marías es, de nuevo, inigualable: un fantasma de los años treinta aún no ahuyentado; un capitán del ejército de Napoleón durante la campaña de Rusia; el León de Nápoles, protagonista de El hombre sentimental, cuando era niño; dos dobles que harán la vida imposible a sus originales; una belleza tan irreal que sólo puede permanecer en la muerte, o un mayordomo neoyorquino encerrado en un ascensor. Reseña: «Un hermoso relato, Lo que dijo el mayordomo.»--Francis Ford Coppola

      Mientras Ellas Duermen / While Women Are Sleeping
    • 2022
    • 2022

      Ein Stück Weltliteratur: »Dein Gesicht morgen« von Javier Marías Jaime Deza hat die Begabung, hinter den Gesichtern von Menschen ungeahnte Seiten zu erkennen, auch bei sich selbst. Der Spanier wird für den britischen Geheimdienst rekrutiert. Beim Entschlüsseln von Gesprächen und Gesten entdeckt er, dass unter der scheinbar friedlichen Oberfläche unserer Welt stets die Verführung zu Lüge und Gewalt droht, wie ein Gift, das uns langsam eingeflößt wird. Die Abgründe menschlicher Leidenschaft verbinden sich aufs Unheimlichste mit den gewaltsamen Katastrophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ursprünglich in drei Teilen erschienen, gilt dieser in jeder Hinsicht monumentale Roman als Gipfelwerk des Weltautors Javier Marías. »Ein großer Roman.« Denis Scheck, Druckfrisch

      Dein Gesicht morgen
    • 2021

      BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marias . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomas Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission: to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects - all women - and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . .A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carre and a psychological depth that is purely Marias's own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions: in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull Costa'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marias' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' The Sunday Times'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' Observer

      Tomas Nevinson
    • 2021

      Quatre nouvelles. Quatre histoires captivantes qui plongent le lecteur dans des univers riches et dépaysants. À Tolède, un drame va bouleverser la vie d'une jeune femme. À Paris, un traducteur arpente les rues de la Ville Lumière muni de son appareil photo dans l'espoir de réaliser un cliché extraordinaire. À Chicago, une octogénaire acariâtre embauche avec réticence une femme de ménage mexicaine. Sur une plage des îles Baléares, un homme épie un couple magnétique et tente de percer le mystère qui l'entoure. Ce recueil est une invitation à découvrir la plume de quatre auteurs emblématiques de la littérature espagnole et sud-américaine, dévoilant ainsi toute la richesse de leur langue. L'ouvrage se compose de "La force du sang" de Miguel de Cervantes, "Les fils de la vierge" de Julio Cortázar, "Les amies" de Carlos Fuentes et "Tandis qu'elles dorment" de Javier Marías.

      Nouvelles en espagnol / Cuentos en español
    • 2018

      Madame du Deffand and the Idiots

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.8(380)Add rating

      She was bored and fought against her boredom, which only bored her still more.' Five sparkling, irreverent brief portraits of famous literary figures (including libertines, eccentrics and rogues) from Spain's greatest living writer.

      Madame du Deffand and the Idiots
    • 2018

      It collects the articles published by the author in El País Semanal between February 2015 and February 2017, and constitute a kind of political, cultural and social chronicle of the period.

      Cuando los tontos mandan
    • 2017

      Geschriebenes Leben

      Ironische Halbporträts

      Eine amüsante Reise mit JAVIER MARÍAS durch die Weltliteratur in 26 Autorenporträts. Würde nicht jeder gern erfahren, was hinter den großen Schriftstellern steckt? Javier Marías erlaubt uns in 26 kurzweiligen Porträts von Faulkner bis Rimbaud, von Mishima bis Thomas Mann, von Isak Dinesen bis Emily Brontë einen vieldeutigen Blick hinter die Kulissen. Wir erfahren Intimstes und Erstaunliches über all die Helden der Literatur, die genauso bedürftig sind wie wir alle, manchmal ausgestattet mit einer ausgewachsenen Trunksucht, Eifersucht oder anderen menschlichen Schwächen.

      Geschriebenes Leben
    • 2017

      Berta Isla

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      4.0(5566)Add rating

      'For a while, she wasn't sure that her husband was her husband. Sometimes she thought he was, and sometimes not.' Berta and Tomas meet in Madrid and, though both young, they decide to spend their lives together. Eighteen and betrothed, Tomas leaves to study at Oxford. His talent for languages quickly catches the interest of a certain government agency, but Tomas resists their offers - until one day he makes a mistake that will affect the rest of his life, and that of his beloved Berta. After university he returns to marry her, knowing he won't be able to stay for long . . . Gripping and intricate, Berta Isla is about a relationship built on secrets and lies - and the counter forces of resentment and loyalty at its core.

      Berta Isla