Cape Horn and Other Stories from the End of the World

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• ISBN13: 9781891270178
• ISBN10: 1891270176
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Latin Amer Literary Review Pr

Summary

The 16 stories in this collection deal with confrontation, struggle, and survival amidst the unforgiving violence of nature. Set in the hauntingly beautiful and dangerously remote lands of southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the narration acquires a magical tone in describing the strife of man in the doubly isolating landscape of human nature within the surrounding environment.

Author Biography

Francisco Coloane was an award-winning Chilean writer whose honors include the prestigious Chilean National Prize for Literature, France's Médaille des Artes et Lettres, and the Pablo Neruda Prize. He is the author of four novels, a play, and nine collections of short stories, and was a member of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language. David A. Petreman is a professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Wight State University and has published several collections of poetry as well as works in translation.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Cape Horn	p. 13
The Kanasaka Iceberg	p. 25
Flamenco	p. 33
The Australian	p. 45
Gulf of Sorrows	p. 57
Five Mariners and a Green Coffin	p. 60
Cururo	p. 71
Water and Moon Torture	p. 85
Tierra del Fuego	p. 92
On the Horse of Dawn	p. 118
The Hen Who Laid Eggs of Light	p. 133
The Voice of the Wind	p. 139
Land of Oblivion	p. 147
How the Chilote Otey Died	p. 155
Submerged Iceberg	p. 167
The Bottle of Cana	p. 175
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