{"title":"Luis Sepulveda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Sepulveda\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into richly woven narratives that blend adventure, reflection, and a profound love for nature. His stories often explore human connection against vivid South American landscapes, where the environment is as much a character as the people themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom heartfelt tales to subtle fables, Sepulveda’s work captivates with a gentle yet evocative prose style. Fans of literary fiction will appreciate his ability to merge social insight with timeless themes of love, loss, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-old-man-who-read-love-stories-by-luis-sepulveda-9780063349018","title":"The Old Man Who Read Love Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honour, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an ageing, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when an ignorant tourist provokes a mother ocelot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio José Bolivar Proaño lives quietly in a river town in the rain-soaked jungle of Ecuador that is slowly being overrun by tourists and opportunists. Having lost his wife decades earlier, he takes refuge in books—paperback novels of faraway places and bittersweet love, delivered to him by the dentist who visits the village twice a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, a greedy trader pushes nature too far, setting an enraged mother ocelot on a bloody rampage through the village. The old man, a hunter who once lived among the Shuar Indians and knows the jungle better than anyone, is pressured by the village's detested mayor to join the expedition to kill the animal. Reluctantly, the old man is forced into the middle of a raging conflict between man and nature that will end in a powerfully climactic confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47648072532204,"sku":"9780063349018","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780063349018-the-old-man-who-read-love-stories.jpg?v=1779249324"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/luis-sepulveda.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}