{"product_id":"berta-isla-paperback","title":"Berta Isla - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJavier Marías\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF SPAIN'S NATIONAL CRITICS AWARD - From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a gripping novel of intrigue and missed chances--at once a spy story and a profound examination of a marriage founded on concealment. - \"A masterly premise ... worthy of a Hitchcock adaptation.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Berta Isla was a schoolgirl, she decided she would marry Tomás Nevinson--the dashing half-Spanish, half-English boy in her class with an extraordinary gift for languages. But when Tomás returns to Madrid from his studies at Oxford, he is a changed man. Unbeknownst to her, he has been approached by an agent from the British intelligence services, and he has unwittingly set in motion events that will derail forever the life they had planned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith peerless insight into the most shadowed corners of the human soul, Marías plunges the reader into the growing chasm between Berta and Tomás and the decisions that irreversibly change the course of the couple's fate. Berta Isla is a novel of love and truth, fear and secrecy, buried identities, and the destinies we bring upon ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Heart So White, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold more than eight and a half million copies worldwide, and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. He died in 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Margaret Jull Costa\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769273385248,"sku":"9780525563129","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c25f01eb5953e2299d74c07a14dd0c31.webp?v=1780344825","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/berta-isla-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}