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While the Women are Sleeping
Javier Marias
While the Women are Sleeping
Javier Marias
An unforgettable collection of stories by one of the world's most revered writers.
Slippery figures in anomalous situations ? ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals? haunt these stories by Javier Marías: the characters come bearing their strange and special secrets, and never leave our minds. In one story, a man obsessed with his much younger lover endlessly videotapes her every move,and then confides his surprising plans for her; in another, a ghost can?t stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Marías manages in a small space to perplex and delight. ?The short story fits Marías like a glove,? as Le point noted. His stories have been hailed as ?formidably intelligent? (The London Review of Books), ?a bracing tonic? (The Chicago Tribune), and ?startling? (The New York Times Book Review).
138 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 13, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780811219143 |
Publishers | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 138 |
Dimensions | 137 × 202 × 11 mm · 176 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Margaret Jull Costa |
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