When I Was Mortal

by Javier Marías

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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. "In the space of ten or twenty pages," as the Nouvel Observateur remarked, "Mar as contrives...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0811215164

ISBN13:9780811215169

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

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