A Heart So White, A
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1997
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-944852-5 (ISBN)
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-944852-5 (ISBN)
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Juan knows little about his widowed father Ranz, a man with a troubled past. The unspoken dialogue between father and son, however, becomes a spelling-out of the horrifying truth once Juan has been married for a year to Luisa and she turns discreet confessor to the burdened old man.
Juan knows little about his widowed father Ranz, a man with a troubled past; if he has been told no lies, that is because he has asked no questions. All he does know is that before marrying Juan's mother, Ranz was married to her elder sister and she had committed suicide. What gradually emerges into the cold light of day is a repetition of scenes already witnessed by Juan in the course of his travels - of a married man blackmailed by his mistress in a Havana hotel, of a woman in New York pursuing a sequence of shabby lovers through the lonely-hearts columns. With remarkable skill and delicacy Javier Marias builds up his colours to produce a startling picture of two generations, two marriages, and of the secret commerce between spouses that rests on the gossamer-thin threads of an unspoken accord.
Juan knows little about his widowed father Ranz, a man with a troubled past; if he has been told no lies, that is because he has asked no questions. All he does know is that before marrying Juan's mother, Ranz was married to her elder sister and she had committed suicide. What gradually emerges into the cold light of day is a repetition of scenes already witnessed by Juan in the course of his travels - of a married man blackmailed by his mistress in a Havana hotel, of a woman in New York pursuing a sequence of shabby lovers through the lonely-hearts columns. With remarkable skill and delicacy Javier Marias builds up his colours to produce a startling picture of two generations, two marriages, and of the secret commerce between spouses that rests on the gossamer-thin threads of an unspoken accord.
Javier Marias was born in 1951. He has published ten novels, two collections of stories and a number of essay collections, winning a dazzling array of international literary awards. His work has been translated into thirty-four languages and more than five million copies of his books have been sold worldwide
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.6.1997 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 131 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 202 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-09-944852-1 / 0099448521 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-09-944852-5 / 9780099448525 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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