Abel Sanchez and Other Stories Author:Miguel de Unamuno Translated from Spanish with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan, this volume contains the novel "Abel Sanchez", a retelling of the Cain-and-Abel story in which the envy of Joaquin toward Abel destroys both their lives; "The Madness of Doctor Montarco", the tale of a self-willed man; and "Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr&... more »quot;, the story of a village priest who devotes his life to the good of his villagers and their religion, even though he has no belief in it. Unamuno (1864-1936) is one of the early Christian existentialist writers, noted for his classic "The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and in Peoples", and these three stories demonstrate in beautifully-rendered prose the gist of his philosophy.