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Keeping secrets proves to be very difficult in this suspenseful Spanish novel, winner of the IX Premio Internacional De Novela Romula Gallegos and the Prix Femina du Meilleur Livre 'Etranger and Marias's third novel to be published in English (following A Heart So White, HarperCollins World, 1996). Victor has planned a romantic evening with a married woman whose husband is away on business. Dinner is over, the young son is finally put to bed, Victor and Marta retire to her bedroom, where she quickly becomes ill and dies in Victor's arms. Should he call her family and admit he was there? How will Marta's elderly father take the news? Eventually, Victor and Marta's husband share their secrets of dealing with wives and lovers in a climactic ending. Despite some long-winded paragraphs that run on for several pages, this is recommended for collections where foreign authors are popular.?Lisa Rohrbaugh, East Palestine Memorial P.L., OhioCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.