English translation of this superb Quiroga short story, and printed in a small edition by Leandro Katz’s Vanishing Rotating Triangle Press.
HORACIO QUIROGA was born in 1878 in Uruguay. He lived most of this life in the jungle province of Misiones in Argentina. Between 1910 and 1916, he composed his classic book of stories call, Cuentos de Amor, de Locura y de Muerte, from which this story is taken.
Quiroga made his living as a teacher, a farmer and a businessman at various times. ‘Poe was me master,’ he is reported to have remarked. His short stories are famous for portraying the dense atmosphere of the jungle on the banks of the Rio Parana, and using the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. Most of his stories are rather morbid, and known for their detailed portrayals of mental illness and hallucinatory states. He committed suicide in 1938. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.
Translated into English by AnneMarie Colbin
Mimeographed on rectos only and side-stapled into an illustrated cover sheet inside green plastic binder wrap.
First edition condition varies slightly, pages lightly toned, priced accordingly
