by Javier Marías · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466350341
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«Berta Isla» is the novel by Javier Marías, published by Debolsillo in 2020 in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson meet very young in Madrid and decide to spend their lives together. Tomás, gifted in languages, is recruited by the British Crown while studying at Oxford; an unforeseen episode conditions his existence and Berta's. The novel narrates the wait and evolution of its protagonist, and portrays a love relationship marked by secrecy, concealment, pretense, and loyalty, in a context of espionage.
It belongs to the Nevinson series, of which it is the first installment and which continues in «Tomás Nevinson». The book received the Premio de la Crítica and the Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa Española.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction and for those seeking a spy novel focused on the psychology of the characters, with the characteristic prose of Javier Marías.
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).
