{"product_id":"the-man-of-feeling-isbn-9780804172592","title":"The Man of Feeling","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of love and memory from \"the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe) \u003c\/i\u003eand the award-winning, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003c\/i\u003e. On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his compartment: a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife, and their male traveling companion. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon his life of constant travel, luxury hotels, rehearsal and performance will become entangled with these three people, and the singer will find himself fatefully consumed by Natalia's beauty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man of Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e is the haunting story of the birth and death of a passion, told in retrospect. Intricately interweaving desire and memory, it explores the nature of love, and asks whether we can ever truly recall something that no longer exists.\"Marías is simply astonishing.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Marías is a startling talent...His prose is ambitious, ironic, philosophical, and ultimately compassionate.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"By far Spain's best writer today.\" —Roberto Bolaño\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A digressive narrative that moves back and forth in time....There is nothing quite like it in fiction today.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Marias’s literary gamesmanship evokes verbal puzzle-makers like Borges, and his ingenious chessboard plots bring to mind the 20th century's grand-master strategist, Vladimir Nabokov. Yet his style is uniquely his own as are the discoveries he makes while rummaging around in the basement of the human heart.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A book that reflects the torture of love the way arias reflect heartbreak.\" —\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The unspoken romance at the heart of Marías’s work is the recuperation of old-fashioned adventure within perfectly serious, cerebral contemporary fiction.” —The Daily Beast\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Marías has defined the ethos of our time.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, UK\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Beyond the interesting ideas his work draws on, Marías’s novels are simply a pleasure to read.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\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":46300939419877,"sku":"NP9780804172592","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780804172592.jpg?v=1767740393","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-man-of-feeling-isbn-9780804172592","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}