![]() “Why isn’t he as well known as, say, Orhan Pamuk or Saramago? That’s a real nub,” said Barbara Epler, the president of New Directions, the independent publisher that has brought out 12 of Mr. Marías remains something of a niche author among English-speaking readers. Coetzee, Salman Rushdie and the late Roberto Bolaño, have been translated into 42 languages.ĭespite these accolades and the acclaimed gifts of his English translator, Margaret Jull Costa, Mr. One of his early books from 1992, “ A Heart So White,” sold 1.3 million copies in Germany alone. In Europe, his elegant, ruminative style - often compared to Proust or Henry James - has led to a towering literary reputation. ![]() ![]() MADRID - Javier Marías is one of Spain’s most celebrated novelists, a master of the form whose digressive, metaphysical books, sometimes disguised as thrillers, have made him a perpetual contender for the Nobel Prize in literature. ![]()
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