Mystery and horror stories originally published in separate volumes are brought together in this collection of Horacio Quiroga's most representative work. In The Feather Pillow, a parasite inside a pillow absorbs a woman s blood to the point of killing her; The Beheaded Chicken deals with the themes of family, attention, madness, and death; and an obese man finds himself being devoured by his own gluttony in Wild Honey. Dozens of black-and-white illustrations accompany the seven selected short stories. "Cuentos de misterio ...
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Mystery and horror stories originally published in separate volumes are brought together in this collection of Horacio Quiroga's most representative work. In The Feather Pillow, a parasite inside a pillow absorbs a woman s blood to the point of killing her; The Beheaded Chicken deals with the themes of family, attention, madness, and death; and an obese man finds himself being devoured by his own gluttony in Wild Honey. Dozens of black-and-white illustrations accompany the seven selected short stories. "Cuentos de misterio y de horror originalmente publicados en volumenes distintos son combinados en esta coleccion de las obras las mas representativas de Horacio Quiroga. En El almohadon de plumas, un parasito dentro de una almohada absorbe la sangre de una mujer hasta matarla; La gallina degollada aborda los temas de la familia, la atencion, la locura y la muerte; y un hombre obeso se encuentra siendo devorado por su propia gula en La miel silvestre. Docenas de ilustraciones en blanco y negro acompanan los siete relatos.""
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