by Javier Marías · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099287469
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«Dark Back of Time» is the contemporary fiction novel by Javier Marías, published by Vintage in paperback (336 pages, in English).
After publishing All Souls, Marías sees how reality invades his fiction: readers who recognize themselves in characters, confusions between author and narrator. With digressive and autobiographical writing, he meditates on the fragility of life, chance and memory, and on the writer as guardian of memories destined to be lost in time.
Work originally published in 1998 as «Negra espalda del tiempo»; this edition is translated by Esther Allen.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction and those interested in Spanish literature and books that reflect on writing.
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).
