by Horacio Quiroga · Editorial Andres Bello · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789561312180
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«Cuentos de la selva» is the short story collection by Horacio Quiroga, published by Editorial Andrés Bello in paperback (210 pages, in Spanish).
Stories in which the American jungle comes alive through animals such as turtles, parrots, snakes and tigers, whose adventures cross paths with humans and blend the natural with the supernatural. Tales like «La tortuga gigante», «Las medias de los flamencos» and «La abeja haragana» show Quiroga's simple, imaginative style.
Work originally published in 1918. This edition includes the story «Anaconda» and the «Decálogo del perfecto cuentista».
Work suitable for young readers and for those approaching Quiroga's narrative for the first time.
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.
