by Javier Marías · NEW DIRECTIONS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780811219143
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«While the Women Are Sleeping» is a collection of stories by Javier Marías, published by New Directions in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Stories by Javier Marías featuring elusive characters and anomalous situations, with ghosts, spies, bodyguards, and criminals carrying unsettling secrets. In the title story, a man obsessed with his young lover records her on video and confesses his unusual plans; in another, a ghost keeps resigning from his job.
English translation by Margaret Jull Costa of the original «Mientras ellas duermen», originally published in 1990.
For adult readers interested in contemporary short fiction and the work 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).
