Tales of Love, Madness and Death

By: Unknown Author

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. Frequently compared to the works of Edgar Allan Poe, this avant-garde collection is staggeringly modern in its content, and is suffused with the themes and settings of his later works. 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. 'Quiroga's stories are, like Poe's, full of psychological shocks and eerie effects, and are bracingly, if ruthlessly, realistic.' (John Updike, New Yorker)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804470929
• ISBN13: 9781804470923
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Renard Press Ltd.
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"