El hombre que se enamoró de la Luna

The narrator of this story is Shed, a boy who earns his living in a hotel in the small town of Excellent, Idaho. The business is run by the authoritarian Ida Richelieu, a prostitute and mayor of the town. When Shed is raped at gunpoint by the man who murders his Indian mother that same night, Ida takes over raising him. As he investigates his lost identity, the boy becomes part of an eccentric family of misfits and outcasts, including the beautiful Alma Hatch and Dellwood Barker, a half-mad cowboy with green eyes and the air of a philosopher. The story of an education and an initiation, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon is a contemporary classic about sexuality, race and love. Spanbauer's most emblematic work is a mythical, evocative and carnal tale; a celebration of sexuality in all its forms and a deep reflection on the relationship of men with nature and language.