When I Was Mortal (Penguin Modern Classics)
When I Was Mortal (Penguin Modern Classics) by Javier Marías, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
English | January 31, 2013 | ISBN: 0141389265 | EPUB | 176 pages | 0.2 MB
English | January 31, 2013 | ISBN: 0141389265 | EPUB | 176 pages | 0.2 MB
In the dark narratives that make up When I Was Mortal by Javier Marías, winner of the Dublin IMPAC prize and author of the bestselling A Heart So White, a dapper Paris doctor dispenses a treatment for dissatisfied wives. A mother auditions for her first porn movie. A writer working on a study of pain makes himself the subject of his experiments. A voyeur mistakes a murderer for a fellow peeping tom … these are some of the characters observed by the narrator of these chilling stories. Ironic, unsettling, imbued with dread and with droll humour, Javier Marías' short tales cast a shrewd, sardonic eye on humanity.