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Juan, who originally knew little about his father's married life, gradually became interested in the family's past history after his own marriage. All this time, he only knew that his father, Lance, was married to Juan's mother's sister Teresa before marrying his mother, and the latter shot himself for unknown reasons. With curiosity and suspicion, and in order to find out the truth, Juan and his wife Luisa decided to investigate their father. Through a long inner monologue, a glimpse into and analysis of human nature, secrets are revealed layer by layer, and a past event about love and betrayal gradually emerges. And Juan, who slowly adapted to marriage and continued to adjust himself during the honeymoon and subsequent life, also realized his father's feelings about marriage. Javier Marías, the author of "Such a Pale Heart", used his delicacy and wisdom to unearth the most real and secret side of people's hearts. "Secrets" run throughout the novel. The father's guilt, marriage and violence, lies and truth, the mystery pushes the story to a climax in the inner entanglement.