by Javier Marías · New Directions Publishing Corporation · tapa dura · ISBN 9780811214667
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«Dark Back of Time» is the novel by Spanish writer Javier Marías, published by New Directions Publishing Corporation in hardcover (336 pages, in English).
The book begins with the publication of All Souls: Marías considers it fiction, but some acquaintances feel portrayed. It then blends autobiography, memories, a legendary kingdom, ghostly figures, a curse in Havana and a stray bullet in Mexico, in a reflection on identity, time and memory.
English translation by Esther Allen of the original work «Negra espalda del tiempo» (1998). First US edition published in June 2001.
For readers of Javier Marías and contemporary literary fiction interested in books about books and in reflection on literary creation.
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).
