To distance yourself from everyone in order to stay with everyone… To be with everyone and lose yourself…
Antonio José Bolívar, a sage who couldn’t get along with his fellow tribesmen and found comfort in reading romance novels, chose the first of the two options fate offered him.
For most, his choice is madness. For him, it is the only way to stay on the side of life in every form it takes—from a tree and a wild beast to a human being.
The famous parable-novel by Luis Sepúlveda, translated into many languages and winning a huge number of literary awards, has spawned countless admirers and followers of the life-loving attitude toward the world that the writer practices.