The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga
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The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories
Summary
Horacio Quiroga's short stories are infused with the themes of life and death that so obsessed him. They span many fiction genres - jungle tale, Gothic horror story, psychological study, morality tale - and possess a universality that has made him a classic Latin American writer.
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories Summary
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories Reviews
Quiroga's stories are, like Poe's, full of psychological shocks and eerie effects, and are bracingly, if ruthlessly, realistic. - New Yorker
About Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937) was a master storyteller, author of Latin American fiction that has been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and London. His own life from his birth in Uruguay to his suicide in Argentina was filled with adventure, tragedy, and violence.
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GOR006137024
9780299198343
0299198340
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Wisconsin Press
20040610
166
N/A
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