When I Was Mortal

When I Was Mortal

《When I Was Mortal》是Vintage出版的圖書,作者是Javier Marías

基本介紹

  • ISBN:9780307950789
  • 作者:Javier Marías
  • 出版社:Vintage
  • 出版時間:2013年4月23日
  • 頁數:176
  • 定價:USD 16.95
  • 裝幀:Paperback
  • 原作品:Cuando fui mortal
內容簡介
A dozen stories by Javier Marías, "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" ( The Boston Globe ). 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 ...(展開全部) A dozen stories by Javier Marías, "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" ( The Boston Globe ). 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. Javier Marías was born in Madrid. His father was the philosopher Julián Marías, who was briefly imprisoned and then banned from teaching for opposing Franco. Parts of his childhood were spent in the United States, where his father taught at various institutions, including Yale University and Wellesley College. His mother died when Javier was 26 years old. He was educated at the...(展開全部) Javier Marías was born in Madrid. His father was the philosopher Julián Marías, who was briefly imprisoned and then banned from teaching for opposing Franco. Parts of his childhood were spent in the United States, where his father taught at various institutions, including Yale University and Wellesley College. His mother died when Javier was 26 years old. He was educated at the Colegio Estudio in Madrid. Marías began writing in earnest at an early age. "The Life and Death of Marcelino Iturriaga", one of the short stories in While the Women are Sleeping (2010), was written when he was just 14. He wrote his first novel, Los dominios del lobo (The Dominions of the Wolf), at age 17, after run

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