They Were Coming for Him

Resumen del libro

Jacques (Albert Camus's alter ego) recalls the final years of his life. Famous for his opposition to any form of violence whatsoever, his ideas met with the disapproval of the intelligentsia of the time, and he found himself receiving numerous death threats a situation that would trigger in him a recurring nightmare: They were coming for him . . . to kill him.

Winner of the Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa, this novel offers an insightful take on Albert Camus's final years. Masterfully combining fiction and true facts, and with extracts from Camus's novels interspersed throughout the narrative itself, Berta Vias brings to life the process that led to the Nobel Prize-winning writer's intellectual isolation and ultimate abandonment.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;strong Berta Vias Mahoux{0026}lt;/strong (Madrid, 1961), licenciada en Geografía e Historia, ha publicado las siguientes obras narrativas: x{0026}lt;em Leo en la camax{0026}lt;/em (Espasa, 1999), Ladera norte (Acantilado, 2001), x{0026}lt;em Los pozos de la nievex{0026}lt;/em (Acantilado, 2008), x{0026}lt;em Venían a buscarlo a élx{0026}lt;/em (Acantilado, 2010; Premio Dulce Chacón de Narrativa 2011), x{0026}lt;em Yo soy El Otrox{0026}lt;/em (Acantilado, 2015; Premio Torrente Ballester de Narrativa 2014), x{0026}lt;em La mirada de los Mahuadx{0026}lt;/em (Lumen, 2016), x{0026}lt;em Una vida prestadax{0026}lt;/em (Lumen, 2018) y x{0026}lt;em La voz de entoncesx{0026}lt;/em (Lumen, 2022). Del alemán ha traducido para distintas editoriales obras de Goethe, Stefan Zweig, Arthur Schnitzler, Joseph Roth (x{0026}lt;em Gabinete de curiosidadesx{0026}lt;/em , Ladera Norte, 2024), Gertrud Kolmar y Ödön von Horváth, entre otros. Y del francés, x{0026}lt;em Tierra de los hombresx{0026}lt;/em de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Ladera Norte, 2023). También es coautora del libro x{0026}lt;em Cocina de autor. Recetas para amantes de la lecturax{0026}lt;/em (Ladera Norte, 2023).