by Horacio Quiroga · Plutón Ediciones · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788493806132
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Immerse yourself in the disturbing world of Horacio Quiroga with 'Tales of Love, Madness, and Death'. This collection of short stories explores the extreme experiences of human beings, where consciousness and death intertwine in an exuberant and hostile environment. Quiroga, influenced by masters such as Maupassant and Poe, presents us with a lucid prose and objective descriptions of human and zoological behavior. A work that anticipates the narrative of 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' by Gabriel García Márquez.
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.
