Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte by Horacio Quiroga
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"Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte" by Horacio Quiroga is a short story collection published in 1918. This haunting compilation explores death as its central theme across nineteen tales, several later removed by Quiroga himself. The stories blend human and animal consciousness, portraying animals with rational thought ultimately overcome by human brutality, while humans surrender to primitive instincts. These dark narratives examine how raw impulses drive conflict and tragedy, creating
an unsettling portrait of nature's violence and humanity's darkest corners. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Quiroga, Horacio, 1878-1937 |
|---|---|
| Title | Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuentos_de_amor_de_locura_y_de_muerte |
| Contents | Una estación de amor -- Los ojos sombríos -- El solitario -- La muerte de Isolda -- El infierno artificial -- La gallina degollada -- Los buques suicidantes -- El almohadón de pluma -- El perro rabioso -- A la deriva -- La insolación -- El alambre de púa -- Los Mensú -- Yaguaí -- Los pescadores de vigas -- La miel silvestre -- Nuestro primer cigarro -- La meningitis y su sombra. |
| Credits | Produced by Stan Goodman, Paz Barrios and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories, Uruguayan |
| Subject | Uruguayan fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 13507 |
| Release Date | Sep 20, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1553 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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