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Selección de Cuentos
229 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1966
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Horacio Quiroga
467 books726 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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