Javier Marías
Tomas Nevinson

Name: Tomas Nevinson
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ISBN: 9780241568637

2024 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marias . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomas Ne…vinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission: to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects - all women - and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . .A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carre and a psychological depth that is purely Marias's own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions: in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull Costa'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marias' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' The Sunday Times'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' Observer BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marias . . . If you're …already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomas Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission: to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects - all women - and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . .A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carre and a psychological depth that is purely Marias's own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions: in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull Costa'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marias' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' The Sunday Times'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' Observer

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Odešleme nejpozději 18. 7. 2025

O knize

Stav:

Nová

Vazba:

Brožovaná

Počet stran:

639

Jazyk:

anglicky

ISBN10:

0241568633

ISBN:

9780241568637

Vydání:

Vystaveno:

3. 5. 2025 12:34

Číslo položky:

1225796

O autorovi

Javier Marías

Javier Marías Franco je španělský prozaik, překladatel, editor a fejetonista. Syn filozofa Juliána Maríase, jednoho z odpůrců režimu Francisca Franca. Svou první knihu Vlčí panství napsal v 19 letech při návštěvě Paříže. Po skončení studií na madridské Universidad Complutense působil jako překladatel z angličtiny do španělštiny . Maríasův překlad Sternova románu Tristram Shandy obdržel v roce 1979 španělskou Národní překladatelskou cenu. V osmdesátých letech rostl jeho romanopisecký věhlas, působil též jako profesor španělské literatury a teorie překladu na Oxfordu. Pravidelně publikuje v El País. Jeho romány, které jsou často založeny na detektivním příběhu, byly přeloženy do 34 jazyků. Významný německý literární kritik Marcel Reich-Ranicki považuje Maríase za jednoho z největších současných světových autorů. Javier Marías je od roku 1997 také jedním z králů neobydleného karibského státečku Redonda.

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