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Los perseguidos
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Dada, pues, la noche, nos sorprendimos bastante cuando la campanilla de la calle sonó. Momentos despues entraba Lucas Díaz Vélez.
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Dada, pues, la noche, nos sorprendimos bastante cuando la campanilla de la calle sonó. Momentos despues entraba Lucas Díaz Vélez.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
41 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1905
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Horacio Quiroga
660 books735 followersHoracio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan novelist, poet, and (above all) short story writer.
He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_...
He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_...
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February 15, 2023
3.5*
Horacio Quiroga was an Uruguayan writer. As per Wikipedia, he "wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states". The story is an excellent example of his writing style and contains all the above themes. Lately, I've read a number of short stories/novellas which deal with mental illness, schizophrenia being the favourite. I believe the fascination was so wide spread because there was little know of mind diseases and some of their manifestations felt supernatural due to their strangeness. I believe Quiroga's story stands out from other similar tales due to the natural setting and to interesting characterisation.
Horacio Quiroga was an Uruguayan writer. As per Wikipedia, he "wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states". The story is an excellent example of his writing style and contains all the above themes. Lately, I've read a number of short stories/novellas which deal with mental illness, schizophrenia being the favourite. I believe the fascination was so wide spread because there was little know of mind diseases and some of their manifestations felt supernatural due to their strangeness. I believe Quiroga's story stands out from other similar tales due to the natural setting and to interesting characterisation.
March 25, 2015
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January 27, 2026
“[…] la Razón es cosa tan violenta como la Locura, y cuesta horriblemente perderla”. Mejor no lo pudo decir.
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