by Ambrose Bierce · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420440408
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«Fábulas fantásticas» is the collection of stories by Ambrose Bierce published by Alfaguara in 1977, in paperback (139 pages, in Spanish).
With his characteristic irony, Bierce builds very brief fables that combine the fantastic with social criticism: institutions, customs and affectations of American life in his time fall under a sharp and disillusioned humor. The tone, close to that of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, is as playful as it is corrosive.
This edition belongs to the Nostromo collection (number 40) and reproduces the translation from English by Francisco Torres Oliver.
Recommended for those who appreciate satire, acid humor and short stories with critical intent.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that "he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire." His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades, Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and poet.
