A Heart So White
Author: Javier Marías
Juan knows little about his widowed father Ranz, a man with a troubled past. He does know, however, that before marrying Juan’s mother, Ranz was married to her elder sister, who had committed suicide. The unspoken dialogue between father and son soon becomes a spelling out of the horrifying truth once Juan marries Luisa, who turns discreet confessor to the burdened old man….Read More
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