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This title in other formats:When I Was Mortalby Javier Marias
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Victims of mistaken identity, sponging relatives, amateur sleuths, eavesdroppers, professional liars, assassins, and failed bodyguards populate the short stories in When I Was Mortal. Plots turn on curious exigencies'"a woman about to star in her first porn film; a night doctor who adds new meaning to "specialist"; a ghost whose neglect is greatly resented. "In the space of ten or twenty pages," as the Nouvel Observateurremarked, "Maras contrives to write a novel." "The short story fits Maras like a glove," as Le Pointnoted, and these stories have been acclaimed as "dazzling" (The London Times Literary Supplement); "formidably intelligent" (The London Review of Books); and "startling" (The New York Times Book Review). Synopsis:A dozen stories by Javier Maras '""the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (Boston Sunday Globe).
Synopsis:Victims of mistaken identity, sponging relatives, amateur sleuths, eavesdroppers, professional liars, assassins, and failed bodyguards populate the short stories in When I Was Mortal. Plots turn on curious exigencies — a woman about to star in her first porn film; a night doctor who adds new meaning to "specialist"; a ghost whose neglect is greatly resented. About the AuthorBorn in 1951 in Madrid, Javier Marashas collected a dazzling array of awards and more than three and a quarter million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. Margaret Jull Costais the award-winning translator of the work of Fernando Pessoa, Jos Saramago, and Javier Marias. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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