Todos de luto en Redonda, el rey ha muerto
September 12, 2022 2:13 AM Subscribe
Spanish novelist Javier Marías dies at home in Madrid aged 70 [Grauniad]
Todos de luto en Redonda, el rey ha muerto [El Pais; libre]
Javier Marías en seis lecturas [El Pais; libre]
Javier Marías, un triste recuerdo [El Pais; libre]
Luto por 'Xavier I' en el Reino de Redonda [El Español]
Javier Marías: Dios salve al rey de Redonda [El Mundo]
Javier Marías, The Art of Fiction No. 190 [The Paris Review]
Todos de luto en Redonda, el rey ha muerto [El Pais; libre]
Javier Marías en seis lecturas [El Pais; libre]
Javier Marías, un triste recuerdo [El Pais; libre]
Luto por 'Xavier I' en el Reino de Redonda [El Español]
Javier Marías: Dios salve al rey de Redonda [El Mundo]
Javier Marías, The Art of Fiction No. 190 [The Paris Review]
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Javier Marías' books stuck with me like few others, and changed how I thought about prose literature. He didn't opt for conventional story-logic, and instead seemed to tell his reader the most interesting thing he was thinking about in that moment. Reading his books was like having a wonderful conversation with him.
posted by Kattullus at 3:26 AM on September 12, 2022 [5 favorites]
Javier Marías' books stuck with me like few others, and changed how I thought about prose literature. He didn't opt for conventional story-logic, and instead seemed to tell his reader the most interesting thing he was thinking about in that moment. Reading his books was like having a wonderful conversation with him.
posted by Kattullus at 3:26 AM on September 12, 2022 [5 favorites]
Sad news: I loved a few of his books - A Heart So White especially. In some others (notably Your Face Tomorrow ) I felt he let his tendency for digression stray a bit too far off the leash.
I'm sure I read an article somewhere about Marías' insistence on using an Olympia Carrera electronic typewriter for all his writing, but I can't find it now. As I recall the things weren't as robust as mechanical typewriters & wouldn't tend to last more than a year or two of continual heavy use, so he had to keep trying to source new ones, as they meanwhile became increasingly obsolete & hard to find.
Previously about the 'Kingdom of Redonda'.
posted by misteraitch at 4:54 AM on September 12, 2022 [2 favorites]
I'm sure I read an article somewhere about Marías' insistence on using an Olympia Carrera electronic typewriter for all his writing, but I can't find it now. As I recall the things weren't as robust as mechanical typewriters & wouldn't tend to last more than a year or two of continual heavy use, so he had to keep trying to source new ones, as they meanwhile became increasingly obsolete & hard to find.
Previously about the 'Kingdom of Redonda'.
posted by misteraitch at 4:54 AM on September 12, 2022 [2 favorites]
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