Resource Package for:Un viejo que leía novelas de amor
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Un viejo
que leía novelas de amor
Luis Sepúlveda (Chile)
Novel, 144 pages
He lives alone outside of a river town deep in the Amazon rain forest. It’s been years since he was banished from life among the indigenous Shuar people, and many more before that since his hopes of having a family died with the fever that took his young wife after they arrived as settlers from the highlands of Ecuador. His refuge is in learning to read, and his preference is novels of bittersweet love in places he’s never imagined.
In a battle for nature’s survival in the face of man’s greed, the female ocelot will stop at nothing to avenge the senseless murder of her cubs by an opportunist seeking pelts. The old man knows the jungle better than anyone and is coerced by the unscrupulous mayor into joining the expedition to hunt her down. There will be no easy resolution to this epic confrontation.
This story is even more vivid and poignant considering the ongoing destruction and impending loss of the Amazon rain forest in our times.
- Readers’ comments: “Compelling story,” “Gorgeous writing,” “Superb novel”
For high-intermediate and above. All ages.
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ISBN: 978-607-421-802-2
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antonina esposito (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful little book. And altho I am an ‘advanced intermediate’ reader and can make my way through most books, I could never have read and understood this book at all – without the help of Susanna Janssen’s notes. I am so grateful!