×


 x 

Shopping cart
20%OFFJavier Marias - Written Lives - 9780141389271 - V9780141389271
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Written Lives

€ 17.99
€ 14.33
You save € 3.66!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Written Lives Paperback. 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. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .

In these short, capricious and irreverent portraits of twenty-six great writers, from Joyce to Nabokov, Sterne to Wilde, Javier Marías, winner of the Dublin IMPAC prize and author of the bestselling A Heart So White, throws unexpected, and very human, light on authors too often enshrined in the halo of artistic sainthood. Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Brontë was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this joyful book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way.

Javier ... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141389271
SKU
V9780141389271
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97

About Javier Marias
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 ... Read more

Reviews for Written Lives
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

Goodreads reviews for Written Lives


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!