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A Heart So White
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Wikipedia article
'A Heart So White' by Javier Maras was first published in Spain in 1992 (original title 'Corazn tan blanco'.) Margaret Jull Costa's English translation was first published by The Harvill Press in 1995. The book received the International Dublin Literary Award in 1997. An edition was published by Penguin Books in 2012, with an introduction by Jonathan Coe.
Plot
The narrator, Juan, seeks to use his newly-wed wife, Luisa, to uncover the murky past of his father's previous marriages which include (aside from Juan's mother) two other women. The first of these women is unnamed and kept secret from Juan, while the second was the older sister of Juan's mother.
Reception
'The New York Times' wrote "Maras's challenging and seductive technique reaches its pinnacle in 'A Heart So White'." 'The Independent' wrote that it "starts from a suicide to explore the secrets of two marriages with all the hypnotic, even sinister, beauty of his style" 'BOMB' magazine described it as "traditional" and "refreshingly un-American." Maras and the translator Margaret Jull Costa were the joint winners of the International Dublin Literary Awards.
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