by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420416274
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«Así empieza lo malo» is the literary fiction novel by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in paperback (536 pages, in Spanish).
Juan de Vere recalls his youth in 1980s Madrid, when he began working as the personal assistant of Eduardo Muriel, a film director already in decline. From that privileged position, the narrator becomes a witness to the marital unhappiness of Muriel and his wife Beatriz Noguera, and is asked to investigate Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, an old family friend. The novel explores desire, impunity and the arbitrariness of forgiveness, and how the search for justice can be tainted by personal rancor.
It belongs to the Hispánica collection, in its third edition, within the Biblioteca Javier Marías series. The book was named book of the year 2014 by Babelia.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction who enjoy novels of introspection, moral dilemmas and reflective prose.
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded as his greatest achievement. In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. As one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, his books have been translated into forty-six languages and sold close to nine million copies internationally. He received several awards for his work, such as the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1995), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011).
