Alicia begins her married life with the cold embrace of solitude. She passes her days in that enormous house, and at night, unwittingly, she sleeps with death. In this story, Horacio Quiroga shows us anxiety, horror, and pain right alongside the overwhelming beauty that is so characteristic of his work, now with images as troubling as they are intriguing.
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Alicia begins her married life with the cold embrace of solitude. She passes her days in that enormous house, and at night, unwittingly, she sleeps with death. In this story, Horacio Quiroga shows us anxiety, horror, and pain right alongside the overwhelming beauty that is so characteristic of his work, now with images as troubling as they are intriguing.
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