The Desert by Horacio Quiroga
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The Desert by Horacio Quiroga is a book of short stories written and published by the author in 1924, in a
Argentina editorial called 'Babel' although in later editions other publishers participated. It has the
characteristic, like many other books by Horacio Quiroga, of containing stories related to the jungle and the north
Argentinian, a nearly obsessive topic for the author. This book, in addition to containing a homonymous story, presents some
other stories created by the author that give content to it. Among them are 'A Laborer', 'Silvina and
Montt”, “El espectro”, “Una conquista”, “El león”, “La patria”, “El potro salvaje”, “Juan Darién”, y “Los tres besos”.
Resumen del cuento que lleva su nombre–El desierto
The desert by Horacio Quiroga tells the story of a man who is in charge of his two small children, a task
that, when alone, becomes increasingly difficult. Because his home is located in the jungle, the difficulties for
caring for the little ones and providing them with what they need is becoming increasingly demanding, however, your father's love makes it ...
I achieve it every day.
Time passes and the children learn from their father everything they can, preparing for what will be their life of
adults. One day the father suffers a sting with such bad luck that an infection occurs. At first the subject
no da importancia a la misma y continúa con sus actividades, pero poco a poco la infección avanza y él se siente cada
worse. First try to improve with a little rest, and when that fails, try to ask for help, but being in the middle
The jungle makes it difficult. His greatest concern remains the care of the little ones, and on his deathbed, he suffers.
nightmares about what will happen to them when I am no longer here.
In a final moment of lucidity, he accepts that his life is slipping away and says goodbye to the little ones, who cry for him.
death of his father.
Horacio Quiroga - Life and Work
Horacio Quiroga was born on December 31, 1878, in the city of Salto, Uruguay. He grew up and was educated in the
country showing a young predominant taste for literature. His full name was Horacio Silvestre Quiroga
Forteza. He was a Uruguayan writer, playwright, and poet.
In 1897, he experienced an event that would affect him when he witnessed his father's suicide. Using the money from
the inheritance decided to travel to Paris for personal business, but after a few months had to return while being in the
ruin.
In 1898, the young writer meets his first love, a love that he cannot realize due to
differences with the girl's parents, her name was María Esther Jurkovski and she served as inspiration for some of
his works. Upon returning to the country, he created a literary group and managed to publish his first book around 1901.
The horror was far from letting his life be at peace and his brothers contract a dangerous disease for the
era, typhoid fever, and they die that year. With no respite from fate, Horacio Quiroga was trying to
cleaning his friend's weapon when he accidentally wounds him fatally. He then decides to leave Uruguay and
install in the neighboring country, Argentina.
After a short experience in jungle territory in the north of the country, Quiroga fully dedicates himself to the
writing influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a world-renowned writer, manages to perfect itself in short texts and
to become an icon of literature.
He got married and had two children. Once again, history would put him to the test after the suicide of his ...
wife. Despite this, her life continued among writing, her adoration for the jungle and wild animals, her children,
and some loves.
On February 19, 1937, after being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and determined not to undergo the
sufferings that he expected would come, he ingested a potent poison and ended his life.
His work
1921: Anaconda
1901: Travel diary to Paris
1924: The desert
1901: The Coral Reefs
1926: The Exiled
1904: The crime of the other
1929: Past Love
1905: The Pursued
1931: Native soil
1908: History of a Murky Love
1935: Beyond
1917: Stories of Love, Madness, and Death
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