by Javier Marías · NARRATIVA DE HOY · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447312047
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«Cuando fui mortal» is a collection of twelve short stories by Javier Marías, published by Narrativa de Hoy in hardcover (237 pages, in Spanish).
Stories with unsettling characters: a Spanish doctor who visits married women at night in Paris, a bodyguard who wishes for the death of his charge, a writer who experiences pain in his own body, and an aspiring porn actress about to shoot. Tales between the everyday and the disturbing, typical of Marías's universe.
1997 edition from the Narrativa de Hoy collection, with 237 pages and hardcover binding, in Spanish.
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded as his greatest achievement. In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. As one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, his books have been translated into forty-six languages and sold close to nine million copies internationally. He received several awards for his work, such as the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1995), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011).
