Books
by Javier Marias
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A Heart so White |
The suicide of a young bride launches a brilliant examination of the nature of relationships and the obligations and coercions that they inevitably bring. Marias considers the effect of secrets, the quality of instigation and complicity, the impossibility of knowing the truth, the corrosive power of knowledge and anxiety as well as the evanescence of human experience. His discursive and philosophical style may not suit all, but if you like authors who take a thought for a walk, you'll love this!
(Denise Lewis - bwl 74 Autumn 2014) |
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Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me |
Deàn's first-time, married, lover dying in his arms, leaving him alone with her baby son, leads to a journey of discovery of himself and all those connected with her. This indescribable book - part Tristram Shandy part Proust - explores subjective/objective truth and lots more in a kind of hypnotizing minuet of evolving interwoven themes. I don't know how the English translator coped (I read it in Italian) but don't be put off! Just read it!
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 33 February 2006) |
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