✍ Scribed by Javier Marías
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A thrilling new literary offering from the acclaimed author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White
'For a while, she wasn't sure that her husband was her husband. Sometimes she thought he was, and sometimes not...'
Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson meet in Madrid. They are both very young and quickly decide to spend their lives together - never suspecting that they will grow to be total strangers, both living living under the shadow of disappearances.
Tomás, half-Spanish and half-English, has an extraordinary gift for languages and accents. Leaving Berta to study at Oxford, he catches the interest of a certain government agency, and its mysterious agent, Bertram Tupra. But Tomás resists the call of fate - until one, foolish day he makes an avoidable mistake - setting in motion events that will affect the rest of his life and that of his beloved Berta. Finishing his time at Oxford, he returns to Madrid to marry her, already knowing the life...
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Berta Isla e Tom Nevinson não passavam de adolescentes quando se conheceram e se apaixonaram. Em 1974, poucos anos depois das primeiras trocas de olhares no colégio madrilenho, já eram marido e mulher. Berta não sabia, mas Tom — filho de pai inglês e mãe espanhola, fluente em várias línguas e capaz
Berta Isla e Tom Nevinson não passavam de adolescentes quando se conheceram e se apaixonaram. Em 1974, poucos anos depois das primeiras trocas de olhares no colégio madrilenho, já eram marido e mulher. Berta não sabia, mas Tom — filho de pai inglês e mãe espanhola, fluente em várias línguas e capaz
**A thrilling new literary offering from the acclaimed author of _The Infatuations_ and _A Heart So White_** 'For a while, she wasn't sure that her husband was her husband. Sometimes she thought he was, and sometimes not...' Berta Isla and Tomás Nevinson meet in Madrid. They are both very young an
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Equal parts detective novel, historical fantasia, and alternate history, Isra Isle offers a compelling exploration of modern Jewish identity.