by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420427362
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«Berta Isla» is the novel by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in paperback (552 pages, in Spanish).
Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson meet in Madrid when very young and plan a shared future, but Tomás's exceptional gift for languages leads the British Crown to call on his services. The assignments keep him away, and the story follows Berta as she waits, caught between secrecy, loyalty and uncertainty.
First installment of the «Nevinson» series and a title in Alfaguara's Hispánica collection. It won the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana and the Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española.
Readers of contemporary literary fiction and of stories about the weight of secrecy and waiting in couple relationships.
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).
