by Ambroise Bierce · Cecisa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479691769
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«Un jinete por el cielo y otros relatos» is a collection of stories by Ambroise Bierce published by Cecisa in paperback (93 pages, in Spanish).
The stories in this volume traverse gloomy landscapes and unsettling situations, with black humour and a critical view of human nature. It includes the title story and others that anticipate the modern horror tale, a trait that has made Bierce a benchmark of the short story.
Number 141 of the Biblioteca de El Sol collection, published in Madrid in 1991 (18 x 14 cm).
For readers of classic short fiction and the antecedents of the horror story.
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.
