书目

When I Was Mortal (Penguin Translated Texts)

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.

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