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Translated by Diego Jourdan Pereira
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Horacio Quiroga was a prominent Uruguayan writer, poet, and playwright, often compared by critics to Edgar Allan Poe. This book, Tales of Love, Madness and Death, is a collection of eighteen short stories by this author, originally published in 1917 and in several subsequent years. It stands out for its exploration of strange tales of love, suspense, and tragedy, all set against the backdrop of impending death.
An extraordinary writer whose work has long been woefully neglected in English translation, Quiroga's tales – and the life of the writer behind them – are a fever dream of morbidity and horror. Quiroga's first published short-story collection, Tales of Love, Madness and Death is presented here in a brand-new translation, and also includes his lauded tongue-in-cheek 'Ten Commandments for Short-Story Writers', readying some of the great writer's finest work for a new generation of readers.
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