by Horacio Quiroga · ANAYA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466700917
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«Cuentos de la selva» is the short story collection by Horacio Quiroga, published by Anaya Infantil y Juvenil in paperback (112 pages, in Spanish).
The tropical jungle is both setting and character: its natural violence confronts the human being, sometimes an ally and other times a destroyer, while wild fauna stars in each story. The volume brings together the eight tales of Cuentos de la selva and seven more with identical settings, with humour, tragedy and moral.
Volume 15 of the Clásicos - Tus Libros-Selección collection, with illustrations by Enrique Flores. Cuentos de la selva was originally published in 1918 as Cuentos de la selva para los niños.
Recommended for ages 12 and up, for young readers and for those who want to discover a classic of Latin American narrative.
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.
