Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jungle Tales. Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Collection: School Library. (Book Summary) Age: +12 years. Format: Softcover Pages: 95 Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm. Weight: 127 g. Code: 9786071415240. Book Summary - With Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Questions - with Exercises and Educational Activities. - For children 12 years and older. A man finds himself sick in the middle of the jungle. When he thinks there is no way to save himself, a giant tortoise helps him reach a place where they can provide him with medicine and care to restore his health. This is just one of the adventures that can be found in this series of stories, where the moral always awaits at the end. The tropical rainforest, its fauna, and humanity intertwine to describe their relationship with one another. Horacio Quiroga is considered the father of the Latin American short story. His short stories, which frequently depict nature as the enemy of humanity, earned him comparisons with the American Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote around two hundred short stories and published the books Coral Reefs, Historia de un amor turbio, El salvaje, Anaconda, Los desterrados, Pasado amor, and Diario de viaje, among others.