{"product_id":"the-man-of-feeling-9780804172592","title":"The Man of Feeling","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story of love and memory from \"the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe) \u003c\/i\u003eand the award-winning, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003c\/i\u003e. On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his compartment: a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife, and their male traveling companion. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon his life of constant travel, luxury hotels, rehearsal and performance will become entangled with these three people, and the singer will find himself fatefully consumed by Natalia's beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man of Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e is the haunting story of the birth and death of a passion, told in retrospect. Intricately interweaving desire and memory, it explores the nature of love, and asks whether we can ever truly recall something that no longer exists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Infatuations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Heart So White, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold more than eight and a half million copies worldwide, and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. He died in 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Margaret Jull Costa\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648904728850,"sku":"9780804172592","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9a41c10-598e-4c30-8686-68f7f0aad6f1.jpg?v=1733252345","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-of-feeling-9780804172592","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}