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The new book of articles by Javier Marías offers an uncomfortable, yet accurate, and brilliant look at today's society. This volume compiles the ninety-five articles published by Javier Marías in the Sunday supplement El País Semanal between February 3, 2019, and January 24, 2021. “Those times when people took seriously any promise they made, or when they gave their word, which in my childhood we called 'word of honor,' are long gone. We are a 'carefree' society, and we love to put it on display (well, in everything else we are very rigid),” says Javier Marías in one of the articles. At a time when reality is demanding, repetitive, and stubborn, the author invites his readers, in each of these articles, to stop and reflect freely, without paying attention to demagoguery or manipulations, on the most diverse aspects of these current times. He does this bravely, without compromise, with impeccable style, and with an enviable sense of humor. Today's society, forgetful and supposedly righteous, deals with a public opinion that stands as an unyielding and unfair judge of everything and everyone who deviates from the rules of conduct imposed in recent years. For this reason, the author defends that it is more important than ever to uphold and sustain critical thinking. "Perhaps the bad thing isn’t so much what happens to us, as what they make us believe happens to us," he recalls that his father, Julián Marías, once wrote.