Cape Horn
By Chilean writer Francisco ColoaneTranslated by David A. Petreman
ISBN: 0-935480-50-1
Price: $15.00
Pages: 192
These stories deal with confrontation, struggle and survival amidst violent Nature. The narration acquires a magical tone in describing the strife of man in remote Tierra del Fuego and Southern Patagonia.
"Winner of the 1964 Chilean National Prize for
Literature, Coloane is known to readers of Spanish for his
realistic narratives in which the fantastic is always lurking
just beneath the surface....Like his beloved landscapes,
Coloane's stories are unforgettable....[and] evoke a haunting
spirit of place and capture the experience of the men who live
and work there."
--Miami Herald
"These stories, well translated from the Spanish,
describe the severe beauty and cruelty of southern
Chile...cold, inhospitable, full of craggy, treacherous
channels, the end of the world....As in Jack London's stories,
the environment forms a crucible in which man's true, or
perhaps worst nature is revealed....The collection would be
worth reading just for the spectacular scenery from the tip of
the world. But Coloane is also a master storyteller,
distilling the universal from the extreme."
--Publishers Weekly