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Overview

​​WINNER OF THE IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD - Widely considered a masterpiece, a breathtaking novel about family secrets that chronicles the relentless power of the past--from the award-winning author of The Infatuations and "Spain's best writer" (Roberto Bola o, national bestselling author of The Savage Detectives).

Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz; but when Juan marries, he begins to consider the past anew, and begins to ponder what he doesn't really want to know. Secrecy--its possible convenience, its price, and even its civility--hovers throughout the novel. A Heart So White becomes a sort of anti-detective story of human nature. Intrigue; the sins of the father; the fraudulent and the genuine; marriage and strange repetitions of violence: Mar as elegantly sends shafts of inquisitory light into shadows and onto the costs of ambivalence.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307950765
  • ISBN-10: 030795076X
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: March 2013
  • Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.15 x 0.71 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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