The Infatuations (Signed First Edition)

Javier Marias

ISBN 10: 0241145368 / ISBN 13: 9780241145364

Published by Hamish Hamilton (London), 2013

About this Item

First U.K. Edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with a fine-point fountain pen. He has signed his name only, without any other writing. New/New. A pristine unread copy. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover. You cannot find a better copy. A difficult signature to obtain! Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award 2013, Fiction.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Infatuations (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (London)
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241145368
• ISBN 13: 9780241145364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Spanish Literature

About this title

Synopsis

The Infatuations is a metaphysical murder mystery and a stunningly original literary achievement by Javier Marías, the internationally acclaimed author of A Heart So White and Your Face Tomorrow.

Every day, María Dolz stops for breakfast at the same café. And every day she enjoys watching a handsome couple who follow the same routine. Then one day they aren't there, and she feels obscurely bereft.

It is only later, when she comes across a newspaper photograph of the man, lying stabbed in the street, his shirt half off, that she discovers who the couple are. Some time afterwards, when the woman returns to the café with her children, who are then collected by a different man, and Maria approaches her to offer her condolences, an entanglement begins which sheds new light on this apparently random, pointless death.

With The Infatuations, Javier Marías brilliantly reimagines the murder novel as a metaphysical enquiry, addressing existential questions of life, death, love, and morality.

The Infatuations is an extraordinary, immersive book about the terrible force of events and their consequences.

About the Author

Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951. The recipient of numerous prizes, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger, he has written thirteen novels, three story collections, and nineteen works of collected articles and essays. His books have been translated into forty-three languages, in fifty-two countries, and have sold more than seven million copies throughout the world.