The Exiles and Other Stories / / Horacio Quiroga.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Quiroga, Horacio,
• MitwirkendeR: Danielson, J. David,
• TeilnehmendeR: Danielson, J. David.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Texas Pan American Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)

Tales of risk and danger, suffering, disease, horror, and death. Tales, also, of courage and dignity, hard work, and human endurance in the face of hostile nature and the frequent brutality of men. And tales flavored with piquant touches of humor and bemused irony. These are the stories of the Urugu...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Translator's Note
• Beasts in Collusion
• The Contract Laborers
• The Log-Fishermen
• The Yaciyateré
• The Charcoal-Makers
• The Wilderness
• A Workingman
• The Exiles
• Van-Houten
• Tacuara-Mansión
• The Darkroom
• The Orange-Distillers
• The Forerunners
• Map ofMisiones
• List of Place Names
• A Quiroga Chronology