奥·基罗加(1878—1937)是乌拉圭和拉丁美洲杰出的短篇小说家,曾在阿根廷北部的米西翁内斯森林地区居住过多年。他的许多作品都取材于这一地区,深刻地描写了林业工人的艰苦生活、所处的可怕环境和他们的悲惨遭遇。《儿子》选自基罗加生前的最后一部短篇小说集《更远些》,讲叙了一位在林区作工的父亲失去唯一儿子的故事。在米西翁内斯的一个夏日里,年仅十三岁的儿子和往常一样,告别了父亲,进山去打猎,但一去就再也没有回来。心慌意乱的父亲丢下了手中的工作,奔进山里寻找。最后,在一根电线杆下,发现了儿子那支走了 Austro-Georoga (1878-1937), an outstanding short story writer in Uruguay and Latin America, has lived in the Misiones forest area in northern Argentina for many years. Much of his work is based on the region, deeply portraying the hard life of forestry workers, the dreadful environment in which they live, and their tragic experiences. The “Son,” taken from the last episode of the short story before Kirogarh, “Beyond,” tells the story of a father who worked in the woods lost his only son. On a summer day in Misiones, the thirteen-year-old son, as usual, bid farewell to his father and into the mountains to hunt, but never returned. Distracted father left the hands of the work, ran into the mountains looking for. Finally, under a pole, the son was found