# Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte

By Horacio Quiroga.

"Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte" by Horacio Quiroga is a short story collection published in 1918. This haunting compilation explores death as its central theme across nineteen tales, several later removed by Quiroga himself. The stories blend human and animal consciousness, portraying animals with rational thought ultimately overcome by human brutality, while humans surrender to primitive instincts. These dark narratives examine how raw impulses drive conflict and tragedy, creating an unsettling portrait of nature's violence and humanity's darkest corners. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Spanish
- Subjects: Short stories, Uruguayan; Uruguayan fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7613) by Horacio Quiroga (6 h 49 min, Spanish)

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