Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The SertÃo Reconstructed: JoÃo GuimarÃes Rosa’s Grande sertÃo: veredas 2. Narrative Conservation and Conservationist Narratives: Alejo Carpentier’s Gran Sabana 3. Juan Rulfo’s Pedro PÁramo and the Green Revolution: Modern Literary and Agricultural Dilemmas 4. Besieged Plots: Nonhuman Agency in Clarice Lispector’s A cidade sitiada 5. Against Wind and Tide: Fiction, Ecology, and Politics in Mario Vargas Llosa's Amazon Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index