by Alfredo Bryce Echenique · Punto de Lectura · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788495501578
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«La amigdalitis de Tarzán» is the romantic novel by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
The novel narrates the epistolary relationship between a Peruvian singer-songwriter and a wealthy Salvadoran woman who meet in Europe. Through the letters the singer-songwriter keeps, the love story evolves with tenderness and respect until it becomes a serene friendship, while traversing the Ibero-American world.
The work was originally published in 1998; the Punto de Lectura edition is from 2003. The novel was nominated for the Grinzane Cavour Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate love stories with humor, by a Peruvian author, within the Ibero-American universe.
Alfredo Marcelo Bryce Echenique was a Peruvian writer. He wrote numerous books and short stories; he is best known for his 1970 work A World for Julius. At the time of his death, he was considered to be the last living representative of the Latin American Boom, although he has also been categorized as being part of post-boom literature.
