The old man who read love stories
By: Luis Sepúlveda ; translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush.
Contributors: Bush, Peter R., 1946-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Country life -- Fiction.; Ecuador -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: An old man lives in a hut in El Idilio, a village on the Nangaritza River, in the southeast corner of Ecuador. The village is so small, the dentist comes only twice a year, to pull teeth and bring books to the old man - love stories, with gliding gondolas and ardent kisses, the kind that guarantee maximum heartache.

This is a story of the jungle, green hell and Eden; of the Shuar Indians, who know how to live in harmony with it; of the machines and settlers and gold prospectors and gringos who have invaded it. Nature, out of balance, becomes vengeful and violent. An ocelot stalks the village, and only the old man, who once lived with the Indians and knows the jungle, is able to face the animal. An enchanting adventure of personal honor in the magical, savage world of Amazonia.
Notes: "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."