{"product_id":"written-lives-9780811216890","title":"Written Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn affectionate and very funny gallery of twenty great world authors from the pen of \"the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading these portraits is addictive; one keeps turning pages in anticipation of Marías' keen and amusing analyses.\" -- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"It is difficult to be moderate about the charm of these brief portraits...Delicious, slyly ironic.... A delightful volume.\" -- Michael Dirda - The Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\"They may be miniatures, but they're curious, addictive, and profound in their brevity.... The next thing Marías deserves is the Nobel Prize.\" -- The Observer [London]\u003cbr\u003e\"His prose demonstrates an unusual blend of sophistication and accessibility.\" -- Wyatt Mason - The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\"A great writer.\" -- Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\"I am greatly impressed by the quality of Marías's writing.\" -- W. G. Sebald\u003cbr\u003e\"Javier Marías is in my opinion one of the best contemporary writers.\" -- J. M. Coetzee\u003cbr\u003e\"Mini-biographies of classic authors like Nabokov, Wilde, Rimbaud, Faulkner and Brontë written from the point of view of everything that went wrong in their lives. But funny! A must-read for any bibliophile.\" -- Caroline Stanley - Flavorwire","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862995632471,"sku":"9780811216890","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780811216890.jpg?v=1759919311","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/written-lives-9780811216890","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}