Letting the past lie: Spain's Javier Marías

Javier Marías, Spain’s most celebrated living writer, has chronicled its long-deferred reckoning with its violent, fascist past, but is curiously indifferent to plans to rebury dictator Franco, writes Giles Harvey.

Letting the past lie: Spain's Javier Marías
Sat, 24 Aug, 2019 - 01:00
New York Times

Javier Marías, Spain’s most celebrated living writer, has chronicled its long-deferred reckoning with its violent, fascist past, but is curiously indifferent to plans to rebury dictator Franco, writes Giles Harvey.

By Giles Harvey

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