Voyage Along The Horizon

Javier Marías, translated by Kristina Cordero

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Review

This is Marías's second novel, written when he was twenty-one, translated and published in the USA.  It contains a narrative-within-a-narrative-within-a-narrative - and perhaps there's another one too - and tells the story of an abortive cruise to Antarctica.  It is a fascinating, convoluted book with a considerable debt to Conrad.  Many stylistic and thematic features of Marías's later work can be found in embryo in this book, so it is  a must for enthusiasts. - review by Johnny de Falbe

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