Antonio José Bolívar Proaño lives in El Idilio, a remote village in the Amazon region of the Shuar Indians (incorrectly called Jívaros). Here he learned the jungle and its laws, as well as respect for the animals and the indigenous people. He also learned like no other how to hunt the fearsome tigrillo, something no white man could imitate. One day, he decided to immerse himself in romantic novels—the kind that describe true, heartbreaking love—brought to him twice a year by the dentist Rubicundo Loachamín to lighten the lonely nights of his twilight years. Through these stories, he briefly escapes the noisy stupidity of greedy strangers who think they rule the jungle, armed to the teeth, but don't know how to deal with a rampaging predator that has lost its young. The adventures and emotions of the old Alberto Bolívar Proaño, described in clear, concise, and precise language, will remain in our memories for a long time.