by Javier Marías · Celesa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466302159
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«Mientras ellas duermen» is Javier Marías's collection of short stories, published in paperback by Celesa (288 pages, in Spanish).
A collection of short stories featuring ghosts and doubles: a captain in Napoleon's army, a dead woman who claims her living lover, three men pursued by a Cuban curse, a New York butler expert in revenge, and a beggar who was once a king. Stories of tension, love and mystery, classic and modern at once.
Work published in 2001. This copy belongs to the Punto de Lectura series.
Aimed at readers of short fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative, as well as followers of Javier Marías.
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).
