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A Heart so White
  • Published: 24 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141199955
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $26.99
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A Heart so White

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24 Oct 2012
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A breathtaking international bestselling novel about family secrets, and Javier Marías's masterpiece

In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Years later, this mystery fascinates the young newlywed Juan, whose father was married to Teresa before he married Juan's mother. As Juan edges closer to the truth, he begins to question his own relationships, and whether he really wants to know what happened. Haunting and unsettling, A Heart So White is a breathtaking portrayal of two generations, two marriages, the relentless power of the past and the terrible price of knowledge.

Winner of the Impac Award
  • Published: 24 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141199955
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the authors

Javier Marias

Javier Marias was born in 1951. His novels, short stories and essay collections have won a dazzling array of international literary awards. His work has been translated into thirty-four languages and more than five million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. He has held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University and was recently nominated to be a member of the Real Academia de la Lengua Española. He lives in Madrid.
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Javier Marías

Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.
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Praise for A Heart so White

The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature

Boston Globe

I was enthralled

Marina Warner, Guardian

Marías' challenging and seductive technique reaches its pinnacle in A Heart So White

The New York Times

The work of a supreme stylist ... It is brilliantly done

James Woodall, The Times

As unique as it is brilliant... an entertaining and intelligent novel

Washington Post