内容简介
InthedarknarrativesthatmakeupWhenIWasMortalbyJavierMarías,winneroftheDublinIMPACprizeandauthorofthebestsellingAHeartSoWhite,adapperParisdoctordispensesatreatmentfordissatisfiedwives.Amotherauditionsforherfirstpornmovie.Awriterworkingonastudyofpainmakeshimselfthesubjectofhisexperiments.Avoyeurmistakesamurdererforafellowpeepingtom...thesearesomeofthecharactersobservedbythenarratorofthesechillingstories.Ironic,unsettling,imbuedwithdreadandwithdrollhumour,JavierMarías'shorttalescastashrewd,sardoniceyeonhumanity.
作者简介
JavierMariaswasborninMadridin1951.Hehaspublishedtennovels,twocollectionsofshortstoriesandseveralvolumesofessays.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedintothirty-twolanguagesandwonadazzlingarrayofinternationalliteraryawards,includingtheprestigiousDublinIMPACawardforAHeartSoWhite.HeisalsoahighlypractisedtranslatorintoSpanishofEnglishauthors,includingJosephConrad,RobertLouisStevenson,SirThomasBrowneandLaurenceSterne.HehasheldacademicpostsinSpain,theUnitedStatesandinBritain,asLecturerinSpanishLiteratureatOxfordUniversity.