by Luis Sepúlveda · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789736810053
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«Bătrânul care citea romane de dragoste» is the novel by Luis Sepúlveda, published by Polirom in paperback (221 pages, in Romanian).
An elderly man takes refuge in reading love novels while, around him, the clash between civilization and nature shapes an exotic and melancholic adventure. The novel weaves solitude, the search for origins and the illusion of immortal love with the transformative power of books.
Work originally published in 1988 as «Un viejo que leía novelas de amor», winner of the Tigre Juan Prize. Romanian translation by Irina Dogaru; this edition appeared in 2002.
For readers of contemporary Latin American fiction seeking a short, moving novel tied to nature and the comfort that reading provides.
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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.
