When I Was Mortal

Twelve short stories by "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" (The Boston Globe)--and the award-winning, international bestselling author of The Infatuations.

Victims of mistaken identity, sponging relatives, amateur sleuths, eavesdroppers, professional liars, assassins, and failed bodyguards populate the short stories in When I Was Mortal. Plots turn on curious exigencies--a woman about to star in her first porn film; a night doctor who adds new meaning to "specialist"; a ghost whose neglect is greatly resented.

Author: Javier Marías
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/23/2013
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780307950789
ISBN10: 0307950786
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological

About the Author
JAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen novels, including The Infatuations and A Heart So White, as well as three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold more than eight and a half million copies worldwide, and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. He died in 2022.

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa