by Javier Marías · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466345996
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«Berta Isla» is the contemporary fiction novel by Javier Marías, published by DEBOLSILLO in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson meet young in Madrid and plan to spend their lives together, but an incident changes everything. Tomás, half Spanish and half English, has a gift for languages that attracts British intelligence. The novel portrays Berta's waiting, trapped in a marriage of secrets and absences, between loyalty and resentment.
First installment of the Nevinson series, which continues with «Tomás Nevinson». Winner of the Premio de la Crítica, the Premio Dulce Chacón and the Premio La Lettura 2018 from Il Corriere della Sera.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction and narrative with an espionage backdrop and psychological analysis.
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded as his greatest achievement. In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. As one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, his books have been translated into forty-six languages and sold close to nine million copies internationally. He received several awards for his work, such as the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1995), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011).
