Written Lives by Javier Marías

Written Lives by Javier Marías

Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Bronte was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way.

No one else, anywhere, is writing quite like this * Daily Telegraph *
Marias is a deeply necessary writer, a crusader, funny, pungent, full of wrath and love * Guardian *
Anybody who doesn't read Marías is doomed * Nation *
You are dazzled by the author's intelligence and understanding of human nature * Scotsman *

Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.

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ISBN 13	9780141389271
ISBN 10	0141389273
Title	Written Lives
Author	Javier Marías
Series	Penguin Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2016-03-03
Number of pages	208
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