The setting of Un viejo que leía novelas de amor by Luis Sepúlveda: El Idilio, the Nangaritza River, the Ecuadorian Amazon, Shuar territory, San Luis, and Antonio José's hut.
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El Idilio
A small, isolated village on the riverbank, home to settlers, gold prospectors, and a few Indigenous people. It has a dock, the mayor's house, and Antonio José's hut.
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The Nangaritza River
The village's only link to the rest of the country. Twice a year the boat Sucre comes up the river with the dentist and the novels.
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The Ecuadorian Amazon
Humid, rainy, and full of life and danger. For Antonio José and the Shuar it is a world with rules; for the mayor and the gringos, a hostile place to conquer.
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Shuar Territory
The lands where Antonio José lived with the Shuar and learned to hunt, fish, and survive. In the novel, it represents a way of life in balance with the jungle.
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San Luis
The highland village where Antonio José and Dolores were married. The highlands, with their closed society full of gossip, contrast with the jungle.
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Antonio José's Hut
His hut at the edge of El Idilio, where he reads his romance novels by the window, slowly, with a magnifying glass, away from the rest of the village.