Javier Marias (1951-2022)

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Can I ask - is it a bad idea to read the forthcoming translation into English of Tomas Nevinson without having read Berta Isla first? Or is it standalone but part of the same universe (eg Le Carrie's Smiley novels etc)? I get the sense Marias is about language over plot anyway (having read the first two of the Your Face Tomorrow Trilogy) so it doesn't really matter? Would be cool to read his last work as soon as it comes out next month, not keen to trudge through BI first just for the sake of it!

Berta Isla is about Tomas Nevinson´s past history. I haven´t read any one of both novels, but according to the summaries it seems that they can be read independently.