by Javier Marías · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483462867
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In 'Miramientos', Javier Marías creates brief portraits of his favorite writers in the Spanish language. The book has its origin in the appendix 'Perfect Artists' of the book 'Written Lives', where Marías commented on photographic portraits of foreign authors who had already passed away. The exclusion of Spanish authors led Marías to write for the magazine Campus Cervantes comments on portraits of figures such as Valle-Inclán, Borges, and García Lorca, among others, which are collected in this volume, complemented by a 'Sham Self-Portrait' dedicated to himself.
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).
