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Isabel Allende
One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable story.
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A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea is Isabel Allende at the height of her powers.
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As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her…
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Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is six years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever-harder to guarantee, Samuel's…
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Tells the story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions, triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place.
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Spectacular story-telling … the author’s elaborate skill in weaving intimate emotional detail into the broad canvas of history is in fantastic display. -Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A spellbinding family saga-a sequel to…
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE
‘Epic, beautifully crafted … Gripping from start to finish’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A moving exploration of both the pain and the…
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Literary icon Isabel Allende mesmerizes … this race-against-the-clock thriller is pure magic. -People Magazine, Four Stars
NOW WITH A NEW DEAR READER LETTER
New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende…
Originally published in Spanish … as Mujeres del alma maia: sobre el amor impaciente, la vida larga y las brujas buenas by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A., Barcelona in…
"Weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019"--
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' - KHALED HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a…
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Raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, after being abandoned as a baby, a pregnant Eliza follows her lover, Joaquin Andieta, to California at the height of the Gold…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life…
In December 1991, Allende’s daughter Paula, aged 28 fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at…
Internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende returns with a beautifully crafted, multi-generational novel of struggle, endurance and friendship against the odds
The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende - a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman.
An ecological romance and Amazonian adventure story.
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A collection of interviews with the famous Chilean-American author.
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Translation of: Viento conoce mi nombre.
Karen C. Cox
Introduced with a biographical account of Allende’s fascinating life, this critical companion situates the Chilean writer with the Latin American tradition and offers interpretations of her six novels.
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Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Maas allaa del invierno –Title page verso.
In this heartfelt memoir, Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss–the death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, and wisdom…
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A fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and…
Hardcover edition was published in 2001. –T.p. verso.
An epic tale of love and conquest, lyrically written and enchantingly told by a writer at the peak of her powers.
Traces the lives of the Truebas family, starting with clairvoyant Clara de Valle’s summoning of the man she intends to marry, ambitious Esteban Trueba, and following their lives through which…
This Oprah Book Club selection tells of young, vivacious Eliza Sommers, who follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849–a danger-filled quest that will become a momentous…
With her signature magic realism, Allende masterfully delivers the final installment of her celebrated trilogy chronicling the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle, which soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings–and the…
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Allende’s latest novel introduces yet another unforgettable woman–a slave and…
The author of Portrait in Sepia profiles the landscapes and people of her native country; recounts the 1973 assassination of her uncle, which caused her to go into exile and…
Powerfully evocative… . Allende is at her best here; spinning words like spells, enthralling the reader with surreal visions of the New World. - Newsweek
A passionate epic of love…
Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers. -Los Angeles Times
The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal…
Translated from the original Spanish and packed with the same high adventure, fantastic encounters, exotic landscapes, and unique characters, this sequel to City of the Beasts leads readers to a…
From one of the world’s best loved storytellers, the trilogy that began with City of the Beasts comes to a thrilling climax.
La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espiritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despotico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano…
En Eva Luna, su tercera novela, Isabel Allende recupera su pais a traves de la memoria y la imaginacion.
La cautivadora protagonista de esta historia constituye un nostalgico alter ego…
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