[New Release] and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park]

◆ Model of Death = A joint short story collection created by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, representatives of South American literature, under the pseudonym novelist 'Onorino Bustos Domecq.' Borges, born in 1899, and Casares, born in 1914, published the joint pseudonymous collection "Model of Death" in 1946. It was an unprecedented literary experiment at the time. Both received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, in 1980 and 1990, respectively.

The book contains six short stories. Among them, three are works by the fictional author Onorino Bustos Domecq, jointly created by Borges and Casares. The other three are works by another fictional author, Su?rez Lintz, who is set as a disciple of the fictional author Domecq. The title story "Model of Death" shows three characters entangled in a power and vested interest struggle. The fifth story, "People on the Margins"/"Paradise of the Believers," features events reminiscent of a noir film and was actually made into a movie in 1975. The sixth story, "New Short Stories by Bustos Domecq," contains sharp criticism of President Per?n, famous for 'Peronism.' (Written by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares / Translated by Kyungmin Lee and Suhyun Hwang / Minumsa)

◆ What Men Live By: Tolstoy Short Story Collection = A collection of 13 short stories by the great Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828?1910), who wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." It includes stories such as "What Men Live By" and "The Fool Ivan and the Story of Almost Two Brothers." These stories contain Tolstoy's profound insights into the anguish at the root of life and the love that permeates it.

In "Does a Man Need Much Land?" Tolstoy makes readers reflect on where to place the value of life by telling the story of a man who strove to possess more land but only needed enough land to lie down in death. Through "Asarhaddon, King of Assyria," he makes readers realize that doing evil to others is equivalent to doing evil to oneself.

Tolstoy was a novelist, social activist, and great thinker. He established schools, acted as a mediator in rural communities, and worked to reform society at the time. He opposed the Russian Orthodox Church, which ignored the people instead of saving them. He preached love through nonviolence and pacifism, denied private property, and practiced non-possession. (Written by Tolstoy / Translated by Sunyoung Kim / Saeum)

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