When I Was Mortal
Author
Original Work
Translator
Language
Year
2002
Publisher
Country
United States
Pages
176
ISBN
9780811215169
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.— Google Books
Press Reviews
- The Guardianby Aida Edemariam · May 2005
<p>At 17, Javier Marías ran away to Paris, where he wrote his first novel. A second was published while he was still at university. His parallel career as a translator has informed his fiction and, he says, taught him how to write. Regarded as one of Spain's greatest novelists, he is also - thanks to one of his books - the unlikely king of a small Caribbean island.</p>
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