by Javier Marías · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493703899
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«Los villanos de la nación» is Javier Marías's essay on politics and society, published by Los Libros del Lince (314 pages, in Spanish).
It collects 84 articles, written between 1985 and 2009, in which Javier Marías criticises mayors, builders, the powerful and the corrupt, and addresses issues such as the Iraq war, urban noise, job insecurity and the economic crisis. With irony, satire and a certain humour, the author defends a literary journalism that remains relevant.
Edited by Inés Blanca, with bibliographic references (pp. 307-311). Part of the Sin Fronteras collection (no. 10). Paperback.
For readers of Javier Marías and for those seeking literary journalism with a critical view of politics and society.
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).
