John Banville brings out a new novel while a favorite from his back catalogue returns to Spanish shelves
The Irish writer, in Córdoba for the Cosmopoética festival, is publishing a novel titled in Spanish ‘Nocturno de Venecia’ just as a reissue of ‘Los infinitos’, one of his own preferred works, reaches readers again.
John Banville is in Córdoba this week as a guest of the Cosmopoética festival, according to El País. The visit coincides with two publishing events: the appearance of a new novel given in Spanish as ‘Nocturno de Venecia’, and the return to Spanish bookshops of ‘Los infinitos’, a title Banville has named among his own favorites.
No English title, publisher or release date for the new novel is given in the source material, nor any plot detail. The same is true of the reissue of ‘Los infinitos’: only that it is being recovered for the Spanish market and that the author holds it in particular regard.
Mis libros son pecados como acostarte con tu hermana, pero sin obispo que me perdone.
John Banville, cité par El País
The remark, made in the context of the festival interview, is the only substantive statement El País quotes from the writer in the piece as summarized. Readers who keep a home library and already own a copy of ‘Los infinitos’ may want to note the reissue; those curious about ‘Nocturno de Venecia’ will need to wait for further detail on its availability, since the source gives none.
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