{"product_id":"dark-back-of-time-9780307950741","title":"Dark Back of Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Spain's greatest writers\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand the international bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003cb\u003e--c\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eomes an odyssey into the nature of identity and of time that weaves together fact and fiction into a completely original and unforgettable hybrid. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stylish, cerebral...Marías is a startling talent...His prose is ambitious, ironic, philosophical, and ultimately compassionate.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalled by its author a \"false novel,\" \u003ci\u003eDark Back of Time \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the tale of the odd effects of publishing \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, his witty and sardonic 1989 Oxford novel. \u003ci\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is a book Marías swears to be fiction, but which its \"characters\"--the real-life dons and professors and bookshop owners who have \"recognized themselves\"--fiercely maintain to be a roman à clef. With the sleepy world of Oxford set into fretful motion by a world that never \"existed,\" \u003ci\u003eDark Back of Time \u003c\/i\u003ebegins an odyssey into the nature of identity and of time. Marías weaves together autobiography, a legendary kingdom, strange ghostly literary figures, halls of mirrors, a one-eyed pilot, a curse in Havana, and a bullet lost in Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307950741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Javier Mar?as","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45017745260725,"sku":"9780307950741","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a0e8a076-abca-417f-a3cd-23c67c362930.jpg?v=1736832706","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dark-back-of-time-9780307950741","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}