by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420442303
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«Todas las almas» is the novel by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in hardback (280 pages, in Spanish).
A Spanish professor recalls his time in Oxford and those who marked it: Clare Bayes, a married lover; the ironic Cromer-Blake; Professor Toby Rylands and the enigmatic writer John Gawsworth. Secrets, academic rituals and hidden pasts combine with the threads of memory, intrigue and the bonds of love and friendship.
The novel was originally published in 1989; this Alfaguara edition is from 2000 and belongs to the Hispanica collection. Winner of the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona.
Readers of contemporary fiction in Spanish interested in the academic setting and stories of secrets and intrigue.
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).
