by Javier Marías · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420430737
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In 'Miramientos', Javier Marías presents a series of brief portraits of his favorite writers in the Spanish language. This book has its roots in the appendix 'Perfect Artists' of his work 'Written Lives', where Marías commented on photographic portraits of foreign authors who had already passed away. The absence of authors in Spanish prompted the author to write for the magazine 'Campus Cervantes' comments on the portraits of figures such as Valle-Inclán, Borges, Aleixandre, Benet, Bioy Casares, García Lorca, Victoria Ocampo, Fernando Savater, Cabrera Infante, Neruda, Mendoza, Martínez Sarrión, Cernuda and Quiroga. These texts, along with other portraits, are collected in this volume, which is completed with a 'Sham Self-Portrait' dedicated to the author himself, a temptation that Marías could not resist, addressing it with the same 'consideration'.
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).
