Biography, Literature and Literary studies

First published in 1984, in Rhetoric of Everyday English Texts, the author uses over 100 short texts from educated writers in all walks of life to demonstrate that when we communicate there is a powerful unspoken linguistic consensus as to what is 'relevant' to our purpose in writing a particular text for a particular audience.

»Seit meiner Kindheit hatte ich über Prousts Figuren und all ihre Vorbilder reden hören.

The Fictional World of Javier Marias offers a fresh perspective on the narrative universe of one of Spain's most distinguished contemporary authors.

Santiago Bovisio once said: "e;After 2000 people will start to talk about me.