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When I Was Mortal
  • Published: 22 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141389264
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $32.99

When I Was Mortal

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22 May 2013
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A collection of chilling tales, ironic, unsettling, imbued with dread and with droll humour

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.
  • Published: 22 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141389264
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the authors

Javier Marias

Javier Marias was born in 1951. His novels, short stories and essay collections have won a dazzling array of international literary awards. His work has been translated into thirty-four languages and more than five million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. He has held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University and was recently nominated to be a member of the Real Academia de la Lengua Española. He lives in Madrid.
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Javier Marías

Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.
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