Written Lives by Javier Marías (translated by Margaret Jull Costa)

New Directions

ISBN 978-0-8112-1689-0

Trade Paperback

Okay, booklovers and prolific readers, here is a great little book to carry along down to the beach on the Gulf shores, to your vacation getaway in the mountains, or to your lawn-chair in your backyard for a relaxing afternoon.

Internationally renowned Spanish author Javier Marías has served up a wonderful picnic buffet of biographical tidbits in which readers will discover strange and surprising things about some of the world’s most famous writers.