While the Women Are Sleeping

An unforgettable collection of stories by one of the world's most revered writers.

Slippery figures in anomalous situations €“ ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals€“ haunt these stories by Javier Mar­as: 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 can€t stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Mar­as manages in a small space to perplex and delight. €œThe short story fits Mar­as like a glove,€ as Le point noted. His stories have been hailed as €œformidably intelligent€ (The London Review of Books), €œa bracing tonic€ (The Chicago Tribune), and €œstartling€ (The New York Times Book Review).