Javier Marías - O Teu Rosto Amanhã - Livro 2: Dança e Sonho

"I wish no one would ever ask us for anything, not even a question, no advice, no favor, no loan, not even attention (...) I wish no one would approach us saying: 'Please' or 'Listen, you know?', 'Listen, could you tell me?', 'Listen, I want to ask you: a recommendation, some information, an opinion, a helping hand, money, an intercession or consolation, a favor, that you keep this secret or that you change for me and become someone else, or that you betray and lie for me or remain silent and thus save me.'"

Thus begins "Dance and Dream," the second volume of "Your Face Tomorrow," Javier Marías's great undertaking as a novelist. In it we meet again Jaime Deza, a Spaniard in the service of a secret society working for the English state. Jaime has the cursed gift—and the mission—of predicting what people will do in the future, of glimpsing tomorrow's faces in today's faces.

One night, on a mission at a London nightclub, Jaime is tasked with entertaining the wife of a strategic man whose trust his company is trying to gain. In a moment of distraction, the woman disappears into the arms of a mysterious Spaniard. With imminent drama on his heels, Jaime will be responsible for searching for the missing woman, venturing into places not even a spy should enter.

In "Dance and Dream," Javier Marías dazzles us once again with his unsettling prose and leads us to reflect on human nature, especially when confronted with violence and fear. An intelligently woven plot, a surgically manipulated mystery, a fascinating narrative that is also an invitation to look within ourselves.