Mientras ellas duermen, ttulo a su vez de uno de los relatos de este volumen, sirve para definir el hilo conductor de los restantes, cuyos protagonistas parecen situados en el espacio indeterminado de la vigilia, en la irrealidad del sueo. La galera de personajes trazados por Maras es, de nuevo, inigualable: un fantasma de los aos treinta an no ahuyentado; un capitn del ejrcito de Napolen durante la campaa de Rusia; el Len de Npoles, protagonista de El hombre sentimental, cuando era nio; dos dobles que harn la vida imposible a sus originales; una belleza tan irreal que slo puede permanecer en la muerte, o un mayordomo neoyorquino encerrado en un ascensor.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A dozen unforgettable stories by "one of the most original writers at work today" (Wyatt Mason, The New York Times Book Review). Slippery figures in anomalous situations ― ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals ― haunt these stories by Javier Maras: 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, Maras manages in a small space to perplex and delight. "The short story fits Maras like a glove," as Le Point noted. His stories have been hailed as "formidably intelligent" (The London Review of Books), "a bracing tonic" (Chicago Tribune), and "startling" (The New York Times Book Review).
Mientras ellas duermen, ttulo a su vez de uno de los relatos de este volumen, sirve para definir el hilo conductor de los restantes, cuyos protagonistas parecen situados en el espacio indeterminado de la vigilia, en la irrealidad del sueo. La galera de personajes trazados por Maras es, de nuevo, inigualable: un fantasma de los aos treinta an no ahuyentado; un capitn del ejrcito de Napolen durante la campaa de Rusia; el Len de Npoles, protagonista de El hombre sentimental, cuando era nio; dos dobles que harn la vida imposible a sus originales; una belleza tan irreal que slo puede permanecer en la muerte, o un mayordomo neoyorquino encerrado en un ascensor.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A dozen unforgettable stories by "one of the most original writers at work today" (Wyatt Mason, The New York Times Book Review). Slippery figures in anomalous situations ― ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals ― haunt these stories by Javier Maras: 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, Maras manages in a small space to perplex and delight. "The short story fits Maras like a glove," as Le Point noted. His stories have been hailed as "formidably intelligent" (The London Review of Books), "a bracing tonic" (Chicago Tribune), and "startling" (The New York Times Book Review).
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