A Heart So White
 1st edition front cover | |
| Author | Javier Marías |
|---|---|
| Original title | Corazón tan blanco |
| Translator | Margaret Jull Costa |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Editorial Anagrama S.A., Barcelona |
Publication date | 1992 |
Published in English | 1995 (The Harvill Press) |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 52084231 |
A Heart So White by Javier Marías was first published in Spain in 1992 (original title Corazón tan blanco.) Margaret Jull Costa's English translation was first published by The Harvill Press in 1995. The book received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1997. An edition was published by Penguin Books in 2012, with an introduction by Jonathan Coe.[1]
Plot
The narrator, Juan, seeks to use his newly-wed wife, Luisa, to uncover the murky past of his father's previous marriages which include (aside from Juan's mother) two other women. The first of these women is unnamed and kept secret from Juan, while the second was the older sister of Juan's mother.
Reception
Called "dazzling" by The Times Literary Supplement and "a landmark by a genuine artist" by Le Monde, A Heart So White won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was rated by El Pais as "his best and most ambitious novel."
References
- Sources
- Marías, Javier, intr. Jonathan Coe, A Heart So White, London: Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-141-19996-2
- Notes
- ↑ Marías (2012)
External links
- "Stranger Than Fiction," by Wendy Lesser, New York Times, May 6, 2001.
- A Heart So White reviewed by Ben Donnelly, Review of Contemporary Fiction, Spring 2001.
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Remembering Babylon |
International Dublin Literary Award recipient 1997 |
Succeeded by The Land of Green Plums |