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In an instance of what corporate gurus like to call synergy, the MBC hit drama ¡°My Name Is Kim Sam-soon¡± has given a new lease of life to a children¡¯s book by the late German author Michael Ende. ¡°Momo¡±, by the bestselling author of ¡°The Neverending Story¡±, is Sam-soon¡¯s favorite book in the ratings-buster and has given rise both to skyrocketing sales for the three-decades-old fantasy tale and mounting interest in the writer.
Influenced by his father, a surrealist painter, Michael Ende (1929-1995) wrote a variety of novels of a mostly fantastic bend as well as plays and poems. His books were translated into more than 40 languages and shifted 20 million copies throughout the world. ¡°Momo,¡± the story of a little girl battling the ¡°grey men¡± in their campaign to steal Time, is recording fresh sales of 300,000 copies since ¡°My Name Is Kim Sam-soon¡± was aired.
Ende¡¯s unfinished posthumous novel ¡°Der Niemandsgarten,¡± published here under the title of ¡°the Garden of Oblivion¡± in late July by Darim, and his fantasy novel ¡°The Prison of Liberty¡±, brought out last March by Bomulchango, have been well received by the public and a second print run came out a week after publication.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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