The Bridge in the Jungle

It seemed that even the jungle fell silent for a moment as if it wanted to help save a little childIn the depths of the Mexican jungle, American traveller Gerard Gales is hunting for alligators, when he comes across a small village along the banks of the Huayalexco.Invited into the local community, Gales joins a huge party, held just across the river.But tragedy strikes when a young boy suddenly disappears into the pitch-dark night.As the villagers grapple with their loss, they come together in the face of life’s harshest realities, and something unspoken is born.A work of vivid description and radical empathy, Traven’s 1929 novel is a moving portrait of consolation and belonging in a remote indigenous community.