While the Women Are Sleeping [Paperback]

Slippery figures in anomalous situations  ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals haunt these stories by Javier Mar?as: 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 cant stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Mar?as manages in a small space to perplex and delight. The short story fits Mar?as like a glove, as Le point noted. His stories have been hailed as formidably intelligent (An unforgettable collection of stories by one of the world's most revered writers.