Contributor(s): Author: Horacio Quiroga Author: Jeff Zorrilla Author: Bert van Wijk Collection of eight short stories in which Quiroga captures the magic of the jungle, which is the scene of exciting adventures illuminated by nature in all its splendor. A place where snakes throw glamorous parties with flamingos, stingrays join forces to fight off man-eating jaguars, and a giant tortoise carries a wounded man on its shell for hundreds of kilometers to bring him to safety.