{"product_id":"dark-back-of-time-isbn-9780307950741","title":"Dark Back of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Spain's greatest writers\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eand the international bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003cb\u003e—c\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eomes an odyssey into the nature of identity and of time that  weaves together fact and fiction into a completely original and unforgettable hybrid. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stylish, cerebral...Marías is a startling talent...His prose is ambitious, ironic, philosophical, and ultimately compassionate.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalled by its author a \"false novel,\" \u003ci\u003eDark Back of Time \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the tale of the odd effects of publishing \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, his witty and sardonic 1989 Oxford novel. \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is a book Marías swears to be fiction, but which its \"characters\"—the real-life dons and professors and bookshop owners who have \"recognized themselves\"—fiercely maintain to be a roman à clef. With the sleepy world of Oxford set into fretful motion by a world that never \"existed,\" \u003ci\u003eDark Back of Time \u003c\/i\u003ebegins an odyssey into the nature of identity and of time. Marías weaves together autobiography, a legendary kingdom, strange ghostly literary figures, halls of mirrors, a one-eyed pilot, a curse in Havana, and a bullet lost in Mexico.\"By far Spain's best writer today.\" —Roberto Bolaño\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature.\" —\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling.... Javier Marías writes with elegance, with wit and with masterful suspense.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stylish, cerebral...Marías is a startling talent...His prose is ambitious, ironic, philosophical, and ultimately compassionate.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eJAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Heart So White,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold more than eight and a half million copies worldwide, and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. He died in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Margaret Jull Costa","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301993238757,"sku":"NP9780307950741","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307950741.jpg?v=1767724496","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dark-back-of-time-isbn-9780307950741","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}