Episode 94: Javier Marías

Since his death in 2022, we have been wanting to dedicate an episode to Spanish novelist Javier Marías, a master of the distrusting, long sentence. We had a lovely time reflecting on his books, which we could read again and again.

What is your favorite Javier Marías book?

Shownotes

Books

* Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope

* Great Fear on the Mountain, by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, translated by Bill Johnston

* David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

* Three Days in June, by Anne Tyler

The Works of Javier Marías

* Los dominios del lobo (1971)

* Voyage Along the Horizon (1973), translated by Kristina Cordero

* El monarca del tiempo (1978)

* El siglo (1983)

* The Man of Feeling (1986), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* All Souls (1989), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* While the Women Are Sleeping (1990), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* A Heart So White (1992), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (1994), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* When I Was Mortal (1996), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico (1996), translated by Esther Allen

* Dark Back of Time (1998), translated by Esther Allen

* Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear (2002), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Your Face Tomorrow 2: Dance and Dream (2004), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell (2007), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* The Infatuations (2011), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Thus Bad Begins (2014), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Berta Isla (2017), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

* Tomás Nevinson (2021), translated by Margaret Jull Costa

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