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'If Ernest Hemingway had been a magic realist he might have been able to write a story like this bitter and endearing fable. Luis Sepulveda is yet another strong and original writer from Chile' - Ursula K. Le Guin
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In this simple but haunting tale of an old man who becomes the mediator between the ravages of Western civilisation and the vengeance of the threatened natural world, the great exiled Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda poignantly highlights the tragedy that lies at the core of man's attempts to destroy the Amazon wilderness in pursuit of his own greed. This beautifully modulated novel has won major literary prizes and has been published in more than twenty countries. When white prospectors are killed by a female oeclot crazed with grief at the slaughter of her cubs, there is only one man in the remote village of El Idilio who possesses the skill and knowledge to hunt her down. Antonio Jose Bolivar Proano has lived with the native Shuar and learn the ways of the jungle. The lore he has absorbed tells him that it is sacrilege to slay the noble beast of the forest, but as a member of the encroaching white race he knows that the animal must die. Nature is out of balance. Antonio Jose Bolivar has another secret: he can read and he has a passion for love stories - so long as they involve great suffering and have a happy ending. The dentist, on his twice-yearly visits to El Idilio, brings a fresh supply of romances, and as the old man loses himself in the world of star-crossed lovers he can forget the painful barbarity of his fellow men. As he sets out on the mission only he can fulfil, Antonio Jose Bolivar leads us on a journey that will enchant, enthral and remain long in the memory.
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'If Ernest Hemingway had been a magic realist he might have been able to write a story like this bitter and endearing fable. Luis Sepulveda is yet another strong and original writer from Chile' - Ursula K. Le Guin
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In this simple but haunting tale of an old man who becomes the mediator between the ravages of Western civilisation and the vengeance of the threatened natural world, the great exiled Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda poignantly highlights the tragedy that lies at the core of man's attempts to destroy the Amazon wilderness in pursuit of his own greed. This beautifully modulated novel has won major literary prizes and has been published in more than twenty countries. When white prospectors are killed by a female oeclot crazed with grief at the slaughter of her cubs, there is only one man in the remote village of El Idilio who possesses the skill and knowledge to hunt her down. Antonio Jose Bolivar Proano has lived with the native Shuar and learn the ways of the jungle. The lore he has absorbed tells him that it is sacrilege to slay the noble beast of the forest, but as a member of the encroaching white race he knows that the animal must die. Nature is out of balance. Antonio Jose Bolivar has another secret: he can read and he has a passion for love stories - so long as they involve great suffering and have a happy ending. The dentist, on his twice-yearly visits to El Idilio, brings a fresh supply of romances, and as the old man loses himself in the world of star-crossed lovers he can forget the painful barbarity of his fellow men. As he sets out on the mission only he can fulfil, Antonio Jose Bolivar leads us on a journey that will enchant, enthral and remain long in the memory.
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