Green Mansions (Hudson - paperback)

Author: W. H. Hudson

ISBN: 9781585679485

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

After a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his “green mansion,” Abel meets the wood-nymph Rima, the last of a reclusive aboriginal race. The bird-girl’s ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that blossoms is soon darkened by cruelty and sorrow.