Wednesday 4 July 2018

Stuart Ayris

Bolivian Rhapsody is a true story. That's what makes it so good!



Bolivian Rhapsody

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My review -


This is the true telling of a fifty day working stay in the Bolivian Jungle. Parque Ambue Ari (New Day in the local language) is a place for wild animals which have been damaged in some way by mankind. Some have been made into pets in unsuitable conditions. They can never be rehabilitated but Ambue Ari gives them the best experience they can have. The author worked as a volunteer there in 2017.

His amazement at being so close to the animals is palpable. His unique writing style bounces along and picks up the joy, the fear and the wonder. I feared, knowing the animals were given names, that it might become anthropomorphic, but Stuart emphasises the otherness, the alien qualities in the creatures he works for. You can’t be their friend and expect them to care about you, or miss you in your absence. They are themselves in all their wildness and Parque Ambue Ari helps them to stay that way. An amazing and uplifting book.

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