The decapitated chicken and other stories by horacio quiroga was not an easy read. Full text of the feather pillow, a wonderfully creepy public domain short story by uruguayan writer horatio quiroga. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Written in eloquent prose, this short story collection is struggles with two main themes running simultaneously throughout the collection. Horacio quiroga article about horacio quiroga by the. Publicada en 1918 por primera vez, cuenta con multiples reediciones y traducciones a varios idiomas. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fastgrowing a level and undergraduate market for texts in the spanish language. His short stories are ranked among the best to emerge from latin america horacio quiroga was born on december 31, 1878, in salto, uruguay, and died on february 19, 1937, in buenos aires, argentina. Quiroga, horacio article about quiroga, horacio by the. He experienced plenty of adventure in his life, but also witnessed a lot of tragedy, which had a big influence on his later writing. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Horacio quiroga birthdaytuesday, december 31, 1878 birthplacesalto, uruguay diedfriday, february 19, 1937 nationalityuruguayan quiroga, horacio born dec. Professor of psychology at the national university of mexico and a reseracher in the. For four years he attended school dressed in pants and a long sleeve shirt, and completed all his assignments correctly even though he was a tiger of the jungle.
Brilliantly describing the process of dying without ever mentioning physical pain quiroga takes the reader through the final minutes of a mans life, from accident to death. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states, a skill he gleaned from edgar allan poe. The feather pillow, horatio quiroga, literary analysis. Horacio quiroga horacio quiroga 18781937 was a uruguayan writer.
Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality. Like poe, whom quiroga admired and who influenced the uruguayan. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. Horacio quiroga primary author only author division. To be frank, what initially attracted me to it was neither the story nor the author, but the image that the books editors included with it. One of death in its many forms, and one of admiration. Sep 20, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Nacio en 1878, en salto, uruguay, y murio, por su propia mano, en buenos aires, argentina, en 1937.
Horacio quiroga an unnamed farmer is working in his banana plantation as usual, clearing space with his machete. Quiroga studied in montevideo and soon became interested in literature. Though born and raised in uruguay, he spent most of his years in neighboring argentina. He stopped at the edge of the field, stretched out on the hill, his eyes halfclosed, wiggled his nose, and laid down calmly. Each text comes with english notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the. South american jungle tales by horacio quiroga free ebook. Publication date 1920 publisher buenos aires collection robarts. A translation of horacio quirogas anaconda horacio. English translation handout of questionsdiscussion starters for students to answer solo or in small groups after reading the story. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of objectives. Horacio silvestre quiroga forteza was an uruguayan novelist, poet, and above all short story writer. Each text comes with english notes and vocabulary, and with an introduction by an editor with an expert knowledge both of the work and of its literary. Free ebooks in english, french, german, spanish and other languages horacio quiroga free books in english and other languages in pdf, epub, mobi, fb2 and kindle english. Horacio quirogas juan dariena dangerous story pulpteacher.
The decapitated chicken and other stories by horacio quiroga. Horacio quiroga 1 horacio quiroga horacio quiroga horacio quiroga en 1900. His short stories are ranked among the best to emerge from latin america 1. Its an intense psychological trip through his final thoughts. I first encountered horacio quiroga in a high school textbook. Horacio quiroga was born on december 31, 1879, in salto, uruguay. A closer look at the way in which quiroga has been introduced to the englishspeaking. His own life from his birth in uruguay to his suicide in argentina was filled with adventure, tragedy, and violence. The dead man by horacio quiroga, 1920 the magic trick. The dead man by horacio quiroga short story magic tricks. Literature, stories and novels in spanish by horacio quiroga.
His first collection of verses, the coral reefs 1901, was influenced by. Horacio quiroga is currently considered a single author. Horacio silvestre quiroga forteza 31 december 1878 19 february 1937 was a uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer he wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He looked out at the monotonous plains of chaco that. Herein lies the tale of a tiger who was raised and educated among men, and whose name was juan darien. The feather pillow by horacio quiroga the feather pillow by horacio quiroga translated, from the spanish, by a. South american jungle taleshoracio quiroga free download. The publication of this selection marks the first appearance in english of all but two of the thirteen stories. The man, therefore, cast a satisfied glance at the trimmed shrubs and crossed the fence to lie down in. Download horacio quiroga s south american jungle tales for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile.
It was the feather pillow, quirogas most anthologized short story in english collections. Reflections on horacio quiroga in translation memoria academica. Horacio quiroga, born december 31, 1878, salto, uruguaydied february 19, 1937, buenos aires, argentina, uruguayanborn shortstory writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of man and animal to survive in the tropical jungle earned him recognition as a master of the short story. The man and his machete had just finished cleaning the fifth row of the banana plantation. Horacio quiroga was a master storyteller, author of latin american fiction that has been compared to the works of poe, kipling, and london. Finished 6th in the nascar camping world truck series 2014, best result for a hispanic in history and 3. He also excelled in depicting mental illness and hallucinatory states, in stories that. Horacio quiroga holds much the same position in spanish american literature as does edgar allan poe in north american letters.
A blonde, angelic and shy young thing, her childhood fantasies of being a bride had been chilled by her husbands stern nature. His work was deeply influenced by kipling, poe, chekhov, and maupassant as well as by the modernismo modernismo, movement in spanish literature that had its beginning in latin america. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. This article is part of wikiproject uruguay, an attempt to expand, improve and standardise the content and structure of articles related to uruguayan people. Manual del perfecto cuentista, horacio quiroga 18791937. Part of the bristol classical press series of spanish texts, this is horacio quirogas story cuentos escogidos. I recently found horacio quirogas short story the dead man in. Natalia cortesi and jeff zorrilla, knowing that generations of spanishspeaking children read these tales in the classroom, developed the idea of providing english readers with both a translation and an. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Satisfied with his progress, he decides to rest before finishing. Horacio quiroga was born on december 31, 1878, in salto, uruguay, and died on february 19, 1937, in buenos aires 2, argentina. Although he was raised in uruguay, he spent most of his life in argentina. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of poe, kipling, and jack london, quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in morbidity and horror many of the inventions of his fevered mind.