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When I Was Mortal

by Javier Marias

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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 Observateur remarked, "Marías contrives to write a novel." "The short story fits Marías like a glove," as Le Point noted, 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).

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A dozen stories by Javier Marías — "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (Boston Sunday Globe) — commissioned from numerous literary publications around the world.

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 Author

Margaret Jull Costais the award-winning translator of the work of Fernando Pessoa, Jos Saramago, and Javier Marias.

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ISBN:
9780811215169
Translator:
Costa, Margaret Jull
Author:
Costa, Margaret Jull
Translator:
Jull Costas, Margaret
Author:
Marias, Javier
Author:
Costas, Margaret Jull
Author:
Marias, Janier
Author:
Jull Costas, Margaret
Author:
Maras, Javier
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Subject:
General
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
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Publication Date:
20090431
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TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.5 in 0.455 lb

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Product details 176 pages New Directions Publishing Corporation - English 9780811215169 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , A dozen stories by Javier Marías — "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (Boston Sunday Globe) — commissioned from numerous literary publications around the world.
"Synopsis" by , A dozen stories by Javier Maras '""the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (Boston Sunday Globe).
"Synopsis" by , 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.
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