Book Club – The Jungle

Regarded as one of the most monumental and successful works of our modern literature, both at home and abroad, *A Selva*, a remarkable epic about the lives of rubber tappers in the Amazonian jungle during the decline of the rubber boom, has been read and widely praised by figures ranging from Jaime Brasil (“A unique book in world literature”) to Agustina Bessa-Luís: (‘a masterpiece’) and Jorge Amado (‘a classic of our time’), whilst it has also not gone unnoticed by leading figures in international literature, such as Albert Camus (‘a sinuous and evocative style, like lush vegetation of strange and marvellous terms. An unforgettable book), Blaise Cendars (a brilliant and passionate stylist), its French translator, and Stefan Zweig (an admirable novel). (Bertrand)