The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories - Softcover

Quiroga, Horacio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299198340 ISBN 13: 9780299198343

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

Synopsis

Horacio Quiroga’s short stories are infused with the themes of life and death that so obsessed him. They span many fiction genres jungle tale, Gothic horror story, psychological study, morality tale and possess a universality that has made him a classic Latin American writer.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Americas, Ilan Stavans, Series Editor, Irene Vilar, Associate Editor

1976 Paperback, University of Texas Press

With an introduction by Jean Franco

From the Back Cover:

"Quiroga's stories are, like Poe's, full of psychological shocks and eerie effects, and are bracingly, if ruthlessly, realistic."--New Yorker

"As an author of the macabre and of nature, Quiroga redefined the borders of the fantastic, realizing that pure realism was an abomination of the marvelous and horrific reality of the Latin American jungle."--Review: Latin American Literature and Arts

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0299198340
• ISBN 13: 9780299198343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 166
• Editor: Peden Margaret Sayers
• Illustrator: Lindlof Ed