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Las Media de los Flamencos

Las Media de los Flamencos( )
Author: Quiroga, Horacio
ISBN:978-4-88012-419-3
Publication Date:Jan 2001
Publisher:Shinseken, Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $11.50
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Hace mucho tiempo atrás, los flamencos tenían patas muy blancas y buscaron por todas partes quien les vendiera medias para ir al baile que daban las víboras... Una lechuza les trajo lo que querían con una advertencia de peligro; pero los flamencos no escucharon con atención, porque como todos saben, no son muy inteligentes. Éste es uno de los cuentos perteneciente a “Cuentos de la Selva”, un clásico del escritor uruguayo Horacio Quiroga, y...
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Quiroga, Horacio (Author)
One of the fathers of the Spanish American short story, Quiroga participated extensively in the modernist movement in Montevideo and later lived in the tropical province of Misiones. Although best known as the author of stories about the jungle that reveal the dangers at every step, he also wrote imaginative fantastic tales among the best of their kind in an area that has produced a great number of such authors. His work, like his life (he eventually committed suicide), is filled with violent tragedy and a sense of foreboding. 020



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