El país del humo

An interesting collection of short stories, some so brief as to count as flash fiction. Sometimes incorporating supernatural elements or a subtle surrealism, though one story goes all the way into tall tale by recounting the story of a giant who rode with Quiroga and then carved out what would become a series of lakes in service to the Devil before finding salvation. Some pretty strong tales, often with a fair helping of dread as in the tale of trains for the dead or the man who has to survive when his home and yard are mysteriously set adrift on the ocean.