by Javier Marías · Passigli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788836811762
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«Sguardi» is a collection of literary essays by Javier Marías, published by Passigli in paperback (128 pages, in Italian).
Javier Marías brings together fourteen portraits of Spanish-language writers observed through their photographs: Valle-Inclán, Borges, García Lorca, Neruda, Victoria Ocampo, Bioy Casares, Cernuda or Savater, among others. The volume closes with a «Autorretrato farsesco» in which the author applies the same consideration to himself as to his subjects.
Italian translation by Valerio Nardoni, with a preface by Elide Pittarello, of the original «Miramientos» (1997). Edition published in 2010 in the series «Le Storie» (no. 8).
For those interested in Hispanic literature and in Javier Marías's personal view of some of his most admired authors.
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).
