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The bridge in the jungle / B. Traven

By:

Traven, Bruno, (1890-1969)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : I.R. Dee , 1994.Edition: 1st Elephant pbk. edDescription: 216 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781566630634

Uniform titles:

Brücke im Dschungel . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC TRA

LOC classification:

PT3919.T7 B713 1994

Summary: The Bridge in the Jungle is a tale of a simple, desperately poor people coming together in the face of a death that affects them all. The locale is "huts by the river", a nameless Indian settlement deep in the Mexican bush, too small to appear on any map. A festive gathering that has attracfted many Indians from neighboring settlements is about to begin, when death marches silently in. A small boy has disappeared. As the intimation of tragedy spreads among the people gathered in the jungle clearing, they unite, first to find the lost boy and then to console the grieving mother. Traven never allows an iota of sentimentality to enter his story but the reader finishes with a renewed faith in the courage and dignity of human beings.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC TRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		053663

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The Bridge in the Jungle is a tale of a simple, desperately poor people coming together in the face of a death that affects them all. The locale is "huts by the river", a nameless Indian settlement deep in the Mexican bush, too small to appear on any map. A festive gathering that has attracfted many Indians from neighboring settlements is about to begin, when death marches silently in. A small boy has disappeared. As the intimation of tragedy spreads among the people gathered in the jungle clearing, they unite, first to find the lost boy and then to console the grieving mother. Traven never allows an iota of sentimentality to enter his story but the reader finishes with a renewed faith in the courage and dignity of human beings.

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