by Ambrose Bierce · editorial edicomunicacion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476726600
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«El puente sobre el río del Búho y otros relatos» is the collection of short stories by Ambrose Bierce published by Edicomunicación in paperback, with 192 pages.
Ambrose Bierce drew on his experience in the American Civil War to write many of these stories. The title story develops a temporal paradox; the collection stands out for its black humour, unexpected twists and unsettling atmosphere, close to Edgar Allan Poe.
Published in 1994 in the Clásicos Universales de Fontana collection. The back cover includes a brief biography of the author and attributes the selection and translation to Alberto Laurent.
For readers of classic horror stories and historical fiction about the American Civil War.
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.
