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A review by blueyorkie
O Teu Rosto Amanhã (II) Dança e Sonho by Javier Marías
3.0
I was immensely captivated by the first volume of Your Face Tomorrow. This second part, even if it included some exciting moments, kept me much less in suspense. Of course, I found several pleasant elements there to see, specific to the pen of Javier Marias, such as these ambivalent and mysterious personages, these permanent feelings of intrigue, even (and especially) when there are no exciting actions.
In this second part, Dance and Dream, we find Jaime Deza in England. An exciting element: his attachment with his ex-wife Luisa, who remained in Spain, is further explored. We sometimes feel a bit of resentment in their telephone conversations, but at least she agrees to speak and even give advice. It's because she knows Deza so well. But always this tension, you never know when she is going to launch a murderous remark, not the point of sarcasm.
He is still concerning Jaime Deza and who is intriguing: his involvement in the measures of the mysterious Bertram Tupra, this individual who is supposed to work for some obscure group under the British secret service. At least, I hope so, if not Deza steeped in bad stories. Anyway, we are no longer content to translate interrogations, to give his impressions, no! He sent out into the field, without really knowing what he is doing or why.
His mission not crowned with success, the woman whom he had to distract (while Tupra himself took care of the husband) accepted by the enigmatic cultural attached from La Garza, also met in the previous volume. Coincidence? Is this man as distracted and self-absorbed as we think? Or is it just a facade to hide subversive activities? What mysteries! Deza has to find this woman, even for that, he has to tour all the clubs and hotels in London!
As I wrote above, Dance and Dream appealed to me a little less than the previous volume. It's that I like to be intrigued, mystified, but there comes the point where I also want to have answers. If only in part! And here I am swimming in an opaque fog. Also, given the great erudition of Javier Marias, the reader finds himself bombarded with information, some having more or less tenuous links with the plot. How to get to unravel this story if more than half of the clues are useless, if not to maintain the mystery? I feared dropping out at one point. I will finish this series anyway; there is only a third volume left.
In this second part, Dance and Dream, we find Jaime Deza in England. An exciting element: his attachment with his ex-wife Luisa, who remained in Spain, is further explored. We sometimes feel a bit of resentment in their telephone conversations, but at least she agrees to speak and even give advice. It's because she knows Deza so well. But always this tension, you never know when she is going to launch a murderous remark, not the point of sarcasm.
He is still concerning Jaime Deza and who is intriguing: his involvement in the measures of the mysterious Bertram Tupra, this individual who is supposed to work for some obscure group under the British secret service. At least, I hope so, if not Deza steeped in bad stories. Anyway, we are no longer content to translate interrogations, to give his impressions, no! He sent out into the field, without really knowing what he is doing or why.
His mission not crowned with success, the woman whom he had to distract (while Tupra himself took care of the husband) accepted by the enigmatic cultural attached from La Garza, also met in the previous volume. Coincidence? Is this man as distracted and self-absorbed as we think? Or is it just a facade to hide subversive activities? What mysteries! Deza has to find this woman, even for that, he has to tour all the clubs and hotels in London!
As I wrote above, Dance and Dream appealed to me a little less than the previous volume. It's that I like to be intrigued, mystified, but there comes the point where I also want to have answers. If only in part! And here I am swimming in an opaque fog. Also, given the great erudition of Javier Marias, the reader finds himself bombarded with information, some having more or less tenuous links with the plot. How to get to unravel this story if more than half of the clues are useless, if not to maintain the mystery? I feared dropping out at one point. I will finish this series anyway; there is only a third volume left.