The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga

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.

"As an author of the macabre and of nature, Quiroga redefined the borders of the fantastic, realizing that pure realism was an abomination of the marvelous and horrific reality of the Latin American jungle"—Review: Latin American Literature and Arts

"Quiroga’s stories are, like Poe’s, full of psychological shocks and eerie effects, and are bracingly, if ruthlessly, realistic."—New Yorker

Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937) was a master storyteller and author of over two hundred pieces of Latin American fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and London. Like his stories, his own life from his birth in Uruguay to his suicide in Argentina was filled with adventure, tragedy, and violence.

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ISBN 13	9780299198343
ISBN 10	0299198340
Title	The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories
Author	Horacio Quiroga
Series	The Americas
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Wisconsin Press
Year published	2004-06-10
Number of pages	192
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