★The four-hand collaboration between literary masters Borges and Casares, see how the two literary masters work together to create a detective story
★Translated into Chinese for the first time
[About the author] Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine poet, novelist, critic, translator, and master of Spanish literature.
Born in Buenos Aires on August 24, 1899, he lived in Europe with his family when he was a boy. In 1923, he published his first collection of poems, "The Passion of Buenos Aires", in 1925, his first collection of essays, "Collection of Explorations", and in 1935, his first collection of short stories, "Biographies of Villains", gradually establishing his position in the Argentine literary world. His representative poetry collections "Notes of Saint Martin" and "The Tiger's Gold", novel collections "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "Aleph", essay collections "Eternal History" and "Discussions" have won him international reputation. Translated works by Wilde, Woolf, Faulkner and other writers.
He once served as Director of the National Library of Argentina and Professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He has won many literary awards such as the Argentine National Literary Award, the Formento International Publishing Award, the Jerusalem Award, the Barzan Award, the Chino del Duca Award, and the Cervantes Award.
He died of illness in Geneva, Switzerland on June 14, 1986.
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was an Argentine journalist, novelist, and translator. In 1940, he published the novel "The Invention of Morel" and won the first Buenos Aires Municipal Literary Award. Later, he successively won the Cervantes Award, the Honorary Award of the Argentine Writers Association, and the French Legion of Honor. He met Jorge Luis Borges in 1932, and the two formed a deep friendship, and collaborated on many works, including a series of short stories, screenplays and fantasy stories written under the pseudonyms of Honorio Bustos Domec and Benito Suarez Lynch.
[Introduction] "Our second collaboration was another detective novel, "The Pattern of Death." The novel was full of features and jokes. However, it only had one edition and was not released. We signed this work as B. Suarez Lynch. B. Stands for Bioy and Borges. Suarez is the name of my other great-grandfather, and Lynch is the name of Bioy's other great-grandfather."
"Model of Death" is a work co-authored by Borges and Casares and belongs to the "Bustos Domec" series. This time, they created a detective story under the common pen name of Suarez Lynch. It revolves around a mysterious corpse. Protagonists from all walks of life - nobles, lawyers, and hooligans - appear one after another and come to the cell of the prisoner detective - Isidro Parodi to complete their statements. The language of the novel is very distinctive and full of banter.
Reader comments
The plot of this book is very interesting, each character has his own story, like a small social being. I particularly like the character of the detective prisoner, who can still think calmly in difficult situations. However, I kind of hate that self-righteous nobleman who is always domineering. The language in the book is also very distinctive, and the playful style makes it easy to read. Overall, this is an interesting detective novel worth reading.
The plot of this book is very interesting, each character has his own story, like a small social being. I particularly like the character of the detective prisoner, who can still think calmly in difficult situations. However, I kind of hate that self-righteous nobleman who is always domineering. The language in the book is also very distinctive, and the playful style makes it easy to read. Overall, this is an interesting detective novel worth reading.