by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420483832
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«Negra espalda del tiempo» is the novel by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in paperback (408 pages, in Spanish).
In this «falsa novela», Javier Marías explores how fiction invades the writer's reality, starting from his work Todas las almas. Amid veiled memories and anecdotes, a stray bullet in Mexico, a curse in Havana, and a one-eyed pilot appear, in a narrative where the unthinkable and fate intermingle with memory.
Published in 1998, the work belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection and falls within contemporary fiction.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction in Spanish, particularly followers of Javier Marías and his work Todas las almas.
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).
