When I Was MortalIn the dark narratives that make up When I Was Mortal by Javier Marías, winner of the Dublin IMPAC prize and author of the bestselling A Heart So White, a dapper Paris doctor dispenses a treatment for dissatisfied wives. A mother auditions for her first porn movie. A writer working on a study of pain makes himself the subject of his experiments. A voyeur mistakes a murderer for a fellow peeping tom ... these are some of the characters observed by the narrator of these chilling stories. Ironic, unsettling, imbued with dread and with droll humour, Javier Marías' short tales cast a shrewd, sardonic eye on humanity. |
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LibraryThing Review
User Review - bodachliath - LibraryThingA stylish and quirky collection of short stories, all quite enjoyable, but I'm starting to find Marías's range of subject matter a bit limited. Read full review
WHEN I WAS MORTAL
User Review - KirkusA first English translation of a 1995 collection comprising 12 elliptical, often insidiously compelling stories from the prizewinning Spanish author, whose highly regarded fiction artfully blends ... Read full review
Contents
Authors Foreword | |
The Honeymoon Broken Binoculars | |
Everything Bad Comesback | |
Fewer Scruples | |
In Uncertain Time | |