When I Was Mortal

ISBN-13: 9780141389264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 176 str.

Javier Marias

Opis

This collection of twelve stories from the imagination of one of Spain's foremost literary writers includes the satirical ghost story of the title, a grisly tale of murder at the racetrack and a surprising insight into the life of a porn movie star.

O autorze

Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.