by Luis Sepúlveda · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472236554
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«Un viejo que leía novelas de amor» is the novel by Luis Sepúlveda, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
Antonio José Bolívar Proaño lives in El Idilio, a remote village in the Amazon where he has learned from the Shuar Indians to respect the jungle and its laws. In his old age, the love novels brought to him twice a year by the dentist Rubicundo Loachamín serve to escape the greed of outsiders who believe they can dominate the jungle without understanding its dangers. The story interweaves the protagonist's solitude with his relationship with nature and the consoling power of literature.
This edition belongs to the Andanzas collection, number 180 in that collection.
For readers seeking a moving story about old age, nature, and refuge in books, with the narrative style of the celebrated Chilean author.
Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor.
