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Overview"These twelve elegant and masterly stories, never before available in English, make a wonderful introduction to the work of Spain's most important contemporary author. When I Was Mortal collects a dozen stories by Javier Marias, ""justly considered the most talented Spanish author alive"" (Il Messaggero). Victims of mistaken identity, amateur sleuths, professional liars, eavesdroppers, assassins, and failed bodyguards populate these remarkable tales. 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 neglectful ghost." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret Jull Costa , Javier Marías , Margaret Jull CostaPublisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9780811214315ISBN 10: 0811214311 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 10 October 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMargaret Jull Costa, who has translated Javier Marías and José Saramago, lives in England. Javier Marías is an award-winning Spanish novelist. He is also a translator and columnist, as well as the current king of Redonda. He was born in Madrid in 1951 and published his first novel at the age of nineteen. He has held academic posts in Spain, the US (he was a visiting professor at Wellesley College) and Britain, as a lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University. He has been translated into 34 languages, and more than six million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. In 1997 he won the Nelly Sachs Award; the Comunidad de Madrid award in 1998; in 2000 the Grinzane Cavour Award, the Alberto Moravia Prize, and the Dublin IMPAC Award. He also won the Spanish National Translation Award in 1979 for his translation of Tristram Shandy in 1979. He was a professor at Oxford University and the Complutense of Madrid. He currently lives in Madrid. Margaret Jull Costa, who has translated Javier Marías and José Saramago, lives in England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |