by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420430935
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«El hombre sentimental» is the novel by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in paperback, with 192 pages in Spanish.
A famous opera singer, the Lion of Naples, recalls an encounter that took place four years earlier in Madrid, when he was preparing to rehearse Verdi's Otello. There he meets the mysterious Natalia Manur, her husband, the banker Manur, and the imperturbable Mr Dato. Among them a story of passions taken to their ultimate consequences takes shape, narrated with irony and a rhythm that accelerates towards an unexpected ending.
Includes epilogues by Juan Benet and by Javier Marías himself. It was awarded the 2000 Premio Internazionale Ennio Flaiano for Fiction.
Recommended for readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and for those who follow Javier Marías's narrative.
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).
