Cuentos Escogidos - Spanish Edition Author:Horacio Quiroga A selection of short stories from Quiroga's most significant works-Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte, Anaconda, El desierto, Los desterrados and Mas alla-as well as others taken from newspapers and magazines. In the words of Julio Cortazar, ''Quiroga wrote intensely, expressed intensely. There is no other way for a short story to be effectiv... more »e, to hit the reader bull's-eye and become engraved in his memory.'' For Abelardo Castillo, ''Quiroga created, before anyone else, what Poe did in the United States''. Description in Spanish: Esta seleccion reune cuentos tomados de Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte, Anaconda, El desierto, Los desterrados y Mas alla, y cuentos dispersos provenientes de periodicos y revistas.« less