Javier Marias

Broschiertes Buch

Written Lives

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Modern Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9780141389271
• ISBN-10: 0141389273
• Artikelnr.: 42435038