Guy de Maupassant: Maupassant Short Story Collection

*Selected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant*, a carefully curated collection of his short stories, has been published by Open Books with a translation by Im Mi-kyung. It is the 274th book in the Open Books World Literature Series. Maupassant left a powerful mark on the history of world literature as a representative French naturalist writer and one of the greatest short story writers in the history of world literature. In particular, only Chekhov can stand shoulder to shoulder with him as a short story writer; the fact that the American short story writer O. Henry was nicknamed "Yankee Maupassant" highlights the inseparable relationship this genre has with Maupassant. His short stories, which achieve maximum impact by narrating events concisely and calmly without sentimental or intellectual embellishment, remain an object of admiration and a model among literary scholars to this day. The works included in this book were carefully selected with the intention of capturing the richness of Maupassant's literary world to the fullest, and the table of contents is arranged in chronological order of publication. We have carefully selected 20 of Maupassant's most beloved short stories, including the masterpiece "The Fat," which vividly portrays human selfishness and hypocrisy during wartime; "The Chair Changer," the story of a woman's bizarre and steadfast lifelong unrequited love; "Two Friends," the story of ordinary fishermen captured by the enemy during wartime; "The Necklace," the story of a woman who lost her life after borrowing an expensive necklace; "Mademoiselle Perle," the story of a man and woman who have suppressed their deep feelings for each other for many years while living in the same house; and "Paris," a work dealing with the unique friendship and love between Paris, a free-spirited woman who deviates from general moral norms, and the five men surrounding her.

Korean title: 모파상 단편선

Korean author: 기 드 모파상

Korean publisher: 열린책들

ISBN-13: 9788932912745