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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories - Luis Sepúlveda
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781900850698 (1900850699)
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it
A short but beautifully written book. The story is of an old man and his struggle with finding somewhere he belongs and his battle with encroaching civilization moving in on his Amazon homeland.
MochaMike
MochaMike rated it
Briefly: This compelling and efficient novella grabs readers and quickly embeds them within the life of an aging Ecuadoran whose first, and only love, has died after a brief and unproductive marriage, leaving the much younger Antonio José Bolívar Proaño procreatively unaccomplished, as well as, a f...
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4.0 Le vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour
First novel by exile Chilian writer Luis Sepulveda. This is a wonderful lyrical tale of survival in a wild and dangerous nature by accepting it and not destroying it. Antonio came to the deep of the Amazon forest to start a new life instead he found death, extreme condition and ultimately freedom. F...
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Antonio José BolÍvar Proaño knew he could return to his village in the mountains. The poor forgive everything but failure.He had no choice but to remain with only his memories for company. He wanted to take revenge on that accursed region, that green hell that had snatched away his beloved and his d...
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