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A porn actor recounts his last job as a bodyguard for a suicidal billionaire's daughter; a horse race attendee becomes an unwitting witness to a murder plot during a casual conversation; a writer suffering from depression stops taking his medication to enhance his research on pain; a ghost meticulously describes the circumstances of his death and recalls the tormenting details of the time "when I was mortal." Murder, seduction, unwanted sex, apparitions, lies, and deceit—these themes are masterfully interwoven in twelve dense stories that will resonate with readers familiar with the author's work.
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Cuando fui mortal, Javier Marías
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Cuando fui mortal
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Javier Marías
- Publisher
- Alfaguara
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 238
- ISBN10
- 8420428485
- ISBN13
- 9788420428482
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Short Stories, 20th century, Stories, Literary Fiction, Spanish Literature, Spain, Betrayal, Lies, Frauds
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Cuando fui mortal
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- A porn actor recounts his last job as a bodyguard for a suicidal billionaire's daughter; a horse race attendee becomes an unwitting witness to a murder plot during a casual conversation; a writer suffering from depression stops taking his medication to enhance his research on pain; a ghost meticulously describes the circumstances of his death and recalls the tormenting details of the time "when I was mortal." Murder, seduction, unwanted sex, apparitions, lies, and deceit—these themes are masterfully interwoven in twelve dense stories that will resonate with readers familiar with the author's work.