The Flies and Other Tales of Death

by Horacio Quiroga

Horacio Quiroga (b. Uruguay 1879; d. Argentina 1937), hailed by many as Latin America's first modern short story writer, was influenced in his early years by the work of Edgar Allan Poe and later governed by journalistic dictates. Quiroga forged his own poetics of the short story, creating tightly condensed tales with memorably impactful endings. Tragedies in his childhood and youth, and his experiences living in Argentina's frontier territories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588713512
• ISBN13: 9781588713513
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"