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Berta Isla / Javier Marias ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Language: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: London : Hamish Hamilton, 2018.Description: 531 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780241343722 (pbk.)
- 0241343720 (pbk.)
- 9780241343715 (hardcover)
- Spanish fiction
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Life-change events -- Fiction
- Spanish literature
- Spy stories
- England -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Marriage -- Fiction
- Espionage -- Madrid -- Fiction
- Espionage -- London -- Fiction
- Spanish fiction -- 21st century
- Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction
- Madrid (Spain) -- Fiction
- 863.7 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Adventure | MAR | Available | 068826 |
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Berta and Tomas meet in Madrid and, though both young, they decide to spend their lives together. Eighteen and betrothed, Tomas leaves to study at Oxford. His talent for languages quickly catches the interest of a certain government agency, but Tomas resists their offers until one day he makes a mistake that will affect the rest of his life, and that of his beloved Berta. After university he returns to marry her, knowing he won't be able to stay for long.
Translated from the Spanish.
