by Horacio Quiroga · El Aleph Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476693926
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«Cuentos de la selva» is the story collection by Horacio Quiroga, published by El Aleph Editores in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
Animal stories set in the jungle, where nature becomes both setting and protagonist. Each tale combines adventure and tension with a moral lesson, in the manner of fables, and the volume closes with «Anaconda».
Fifth volume in the La Medianoche collection, with a preface by José María Guelbenzu. The work was originally published in 1918 under the title «Cuentos de la selva para los niños».
Suitable reading for young people and for the school environment, as well as for anyone wishing to approach a classic of Latin American literature.
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.
