by Javier Marías · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422661146
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
In 'Written Lives', Javier Marías presents twenty-six brief and irreverent portraits of great writers, offering an invitation to reading through amusing, melancholic, and fascinating anecdotes. From Faulkner on horseback to Conrad on land, passing through Isak Dinesen in old age and Joyce in his gestures, Marías revives twenty geniuses of literature with precision, entertainment, and elegance. The volume is completed with six portraits of 'Fugitive Women' and 'Perfect Artists', exploring the expressiveness of faces and gestures. The texts are accompanied by portraits belonging to the author's collection.
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).
