A master of the horror story in the tradition of Poe and Maupassant, Horacio Quiroga has long been recognized as one of the greatest exponents of Latin American modernism. The blood-curling stories in this collection are amongst some of the most representative works by the Argentine playwright, poet, and short story writer, whose own life was also tragically marked by love, madness, and death.
A master of the horror story in the tradition of Poe and Maupassant, Horacio Quiroga has long been recognized as one of the greatest exponents of Latin American modernism. The blood-curling stories in this collection are amongst some of the most representative works by the Argentine playwright, poet, and short story writer, whose own life was also tragically marked by love, madness, and death.
