by Horacio Quiroga · Edicomunicación · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476727195
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«Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte» is a short story collection by Horacio Quiroga, published by Edicomunicación in paperback (157 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together short stories in which love, madness and death lead to extreme experiences, with intrigue, drama and mystery as the common thread. Quiroga portrays with lucid prose human consciousness and death always in the background, in lush and hostile landscapes.
18x11 cm edition from the Fontana collection (Universal Classics); the cover frames it in «Grandes Autores Literatura Universal», a collection directed by F. L. Cardona.
A classic of Latin American narrative, present in school reading lists; suitable for those who want to discover Quiroga in short stories.
Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer. The jungle settings of his stories emphasized the conflict between humans and nature. His portrayals of mental illness and hallucinatory states were influenced by Edgar Allan Poe. In turn, Quiroga influenced Gabriel García Márquez and Julio Cortázar.
