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title: "The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)"
brand: "horacio quirogageorge d. schademargaret sayers peden"
price: "$80"
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reviews_count: 4
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# The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)

**Brand:** horacio quirogageorge d. schademargaret sayers peden
**Price:** $80
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- **What is this?** The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series) by horacio quirogageorge d. schademargaret sayers peden
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The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An excellent Collection and Translation
  

*by D***1 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2023*

An excellent collection and translation of

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Macabre brilliance
  

*by T***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2008*

To understand Quiroga's work, it is worth looking at his CV:Born in Salto, Uruguay, Quiroga had an incredibly miserable and unhappy life. His father, was killed in an accidental shooting when Quiroga was very young. Then his stepfather committed suicide in 1900. Subsequently, in 1902, Quiroga killed his best friend in a shooting accident. After a brief stay in Paris, He returned to South America, where he taught in several Argentine schools. After touring the wilds of Argentina as a photographer, he settled in Chaco Province in 1904, where he attempted to grow cotton. His attempt failed, and he returned to teaching in Buenos Aires. There married one of his pupils, Ana María Cires, in 1909. They had two children, a son, Darío, and a daughter, Eglé. Quiroga took the post of registration in the San Ignacio district of Misiones. He was joined by his wife and children, but after six unhappy years, Ana María committed suicide by poisoning herself. He then returned to Buenos Aires, where he worked in the consulate of his native country for the next nine years. Quiroga returned to San Ignacio in 1925. In 1927, he married a friend of his daughter's, María Elena Bravo. The marriage ultimately failed. Two years before his death, Quiroga was awarded an honorary consulship by the country of his birth. Quiroga killed himself by ingesting cyanide shortly after he learned that he had prostate cancer. Ultimately, both of Quiroga's children, Darío and Eglé, committed suicide as well.As to his short stories, they are nothing short of brilliant: macabre and dark, but also hugely ironic and at times humourous. For me, Quiroga sits alongside the greatest short story tellers and shares much in style with Poe, Conrad, Kipling and Saki.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Fantastic translation! Great book!
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on 23 May 2017*

I love Quiroga and these short stories are no exceptions! Beautiful, surreal, fables of humanity, morality, and environmentalism. I would suggest this book for anyone who likes Latin authors or philosophy.

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