by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420428482
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«Cuando fui mortal» is a collection of twelve stories by Javier Marías, published by Alfaguara in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The twelve stories range from a chronicle of customs to a ghost story. A Spanish doctor who visits married women at night in Paris, a bodyguard fond of the racetrack, and a ghost who knows what happened in his life show Javier Marías's blend of the everyday and the unsettling.
The stories were written between 1991 and 1995. The book belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection and was first published in 1996.
For readers of short stories and contemporary Spanish narrative, interested in narrative tension and the unsettling atmospheres of Javier Marías.
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded as his greatest achievement. In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. As one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, his books have been translated into forty-six languages and sold close to nine million copies internationally. He received several awards for his work, such as the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1995), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011).
