A Heart So White
Javier Marías · 1951–2022 · Spain
Originally Corazón tan blanco (Spanish) · translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Why it matters
A newlywed translator is slowly drawn toward a family secret that began with a suicide. Marías turns the withheld confession into moral vertigo, spun out in long, hypnotic, digressive sentences.
At a glance
psychological novel
Difficulty 8/10slow pace289 pagesLong, recursive, digressive sentences that circle a single revelation for pages.
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