Antología de cuentos únicos, ratreados, seleccionados y recopilados por Javier Marías, cuyos autores son en su mayoría casi completos desconocidos, incluso en sus países de origen y para los amantes del género. Traducciónes de Alejandro García Reyes, Antonio Iriarte y Javier Marías. El fumador de pipa, por Martin Armstrong El anuncio, por Nugent Barker La otra cama, por E F Benson El miedo del lago, por Oswell Blakeston El hombre hueco, por Thomas Burke Hombre al agua, por Sir Winston Churchill Así niego a Beelzy, por John Collier Polly Morgan, por A E Coppard La canción de Lord Rendall, por James Denham Las cerezas, por Lawrence Durrell Los bajíos, por Wilfrid Ewart Cómo ocurrió, por John Gawsworth El fantasma, por Richard Hughes La abadía de Thurnley, por Perceval Landon Celos, por Sir Shane Leslie El tríptico, por E H W Meyerstein Cómo se hace un hombre, por Richard Middleton Un encuentro en la niebla, por A N L Munby El barco que vio un fantasma, por Frank Norris Suena el teléfono, por R Edison Page & Kenneth Jay El anillo de fuego, por Sir Ronald Ross Mirad allí arriba, por H Russell Wakefield
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Javier Marías was a Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist. His work has been translated into 42 languages. Born in Madrid, his father was the philosopher Julián Marías, who was briefly imprisoned and then banned from teaching for opposing Franco. Parts of his childhood were spent in the United States, where his father taught at various institutions, including Yale University and Wellesley College. His mother died when Javier was 26 years old. He was educated at the Colegio Estudio in Madrid. Marías began writing in earnest at an early age. "The Life and Death of Marcelino Iturriaga", one of the short stories in While the Women are Sleeping (2010), was written when he was just 14. He wrote his first novel, "Los dominios del lobo" (The Dominions of the Wolf), at age 17, after running away to Paris. Marías operated a small publishing house under the name of Reino de Redonda. He also wrote a weekly column in El País. An English version of his column "La Zona Fantasma" is published in the monthly magazine The Believer. In 1997 Marías won the Nelly Sachs Prize.
