The Jaguar Hunter (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Lucius Shepard
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—Magical Realism
- Time of Work: Primarily contemporary or recent past
- Setting: Earth, generally exotic areas not yet fully exploited by modern society
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Earth, Latin America or Latin Americans, Modernization, Metamorphosis or transmogrification
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
Although the plots of these stories vary, certain themes recur. In the title story, Esteban Caax, a lifelong resident of Puerto Morada, is failing in his attempts to assimilate himself into modern society. His marriage gives him no pleasure, his farm teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, and the television set—a luxury he bought for his “modern” wife—forces him to attempt to kill a black jaguar so that a local man can build a shopping center. He agrees to the hunt despite his late fathers warning that black jaguars “have other forms and magical purposes with...
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