Isabel Allende

sta es la historia de una mujer y de un hombre que se amaron en plenitud, salv ndose as de una existencia vulgar.Segunda novela de Isabel Allende, De amor y de sombra es un agudo testimonio de las dram ticas situaciones que se viven en ciertas regiones de Am rica Latina, al tiempo que un canto de amor y de esperanza. Con ternura e impecable factura literaria, Isabel Allende perfila el destino de sus personajes como parte indisoluble del destino colectivo de un continente marcado por el mestizaje, las injusticias sociales y la b squeda de la propia identidad. La cr tica ha dicho...«La gente que aparece en el libro es tan real, sus triunfos y derrotas son tan fieles a la verdad de la existencia humana, que vemos el mundo en miniatura. Es precisamente esa la tarea de la ficci n. The Washington Post ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThis profoundly moving tale of love, bravery, and tragedy by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende brings to life a country ruled with an iron fist--and the men and women who dare to challenge it.Irene Beltr n is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist, an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing, she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist migr s. Together, they are an inseparable team and--despite Irene's engagement to an army captain--form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a nation overrun by terror and violence. Together, they will risk everything for justice--and, ultimately, to embrace the passion that binds them.

Unge Alma Belasco blir i 1939 sendt fra et Polen i nazismens skygge til sin velstående onkel og tante i San Francisco. Her treffer hun Ichimei, den stillferdige sønnen til familiens japanske gartner. Uten at noen omkring dem merker det, gryr en øm kjærlighet mellom Alma og Ichimei, men etter japanernes angrep på Pearl Harbor blir de to brutalt revet fra hverandre.Flere tiår senere, da Almas lange og begivenhetsrike liv går mot slutten, blir pleieren Irina kjent med den eldre kvinnen og barnebarnet hennes, Seth. Sammen finner Irina og Seth en rekke mystiske gaver og brev som er blitt sendt til Alma i årenes løp.I Den japanske elskeren utforsker Allende spørsmål knyttet til identitet, tap og forsoning. Forfatteren av Åndenes hus fortsetter med denne romanen å skildre menneskenes hjerte, og skjebnens uforutsigbarhet, i en fortelling som strekker seg over generasjoner og kontinenter.«Ah! Endelig en ny Allende til hennes trofaste publikum. [...] Det er i lange strekk nydelig gjort, en god roman å lese, dette.» Guri Hjeltnes, VG«… en frodig historie …» Maya Troberg Djuve, DagbladetSagt om Allende: «Hennes romaner og memoarer handler om familier, magi, romantikk, undertrykkelse, vold og forsoning – alle de store temaene. Men i hennes hender blir det store begripelig og gjenkjennelig og menneskelig.» Barack Obama«... en bok for alle lidenskapelige romantikere.» Henne«Allendes historier er utsøkte, med et poetisk billedspråk ... Og i likhet med poesien fordrer denne prosaen din fulle oppmerksomhet.» Barbara Kingsolver«Allende trollbinder verden med sine fortellinger. Hun er Latin-Amerikas Scheherazade. Miami Herald«Allendes bøker er så oppfinnsomme, underholdende og overbevisende ... Personene hun skriver frem, er fascinerende detaljerte og menneskelige.» People«Allende kombinerer det personlige og det politiske med entusiastisk naturlighet.» Vogue

Narrada en la voz de una joven mujer, sta es una magn fica novela hist rica, y una portentosa saga familiar en la que reencontramos algunos personajes de Hija de la fortuna y de La casa de los esp ritus, novelas cumbres en la obra de Isabel Allende. En el Chile del siglo XIX, Aurora del Valle sufre un trauma brutal que borra de su mente los primeros cinco a os de su vida. Criada por su ambiciosa abuela, Paulina del Valle, crece en un ambiente privilegiado, libre de muchas de las limitaciones que oprimen a las mujeres de su poca, pero atormentada por horribles pesadillas. Cuando debe afrontar la traici n del hombre al que ama y la soledad, Aurora decide explorar el misterio de su pasado.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A sequel to Daughter of Fortune, New York Times bestselling author, Isabel Allende, continues her magic with this spellbinding family saga set against war and economic hardship.Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, the regal and commanding Paulina del Valle, she grows up in a privileged environment, free of the limitations that circumscribe the lives of women at that time, but tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she decides to explore the mystery of her past. Portrait in Sepia is an extraordinary achievement: richly detailed, epic in scope, intimate in its probing of human character, and thrilling in the way it illuminates the complexity of family ties. "Portrait in Sepia is the best book Allende has published in the United States since her first novel of nearly two decades ago, The House of the Spirits." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World"Portrait in Sepia tightens the weave of a multigenerational fantasy as complete and inspiring as the real world it parallels ... Allende's enchanting historical universe keeps expanding and Portrait in Sepia is a new galactic jewel." --Chicago Tribune

Un retrato palpitante de una poca marcada por la violencia y la codicia, con entra ables personajes.Eliza Sommers es una joven chilena que vive en Valpara so en 1849, el a o en que se descubre oro en California. Su amante, Joaqu n Andieta, parte hacia el norte decidido a encontrar fortuna, y ella decide seguirlo. El viaje infernal, escondida en la cala de un velero, y la b squeda de su amante en una tierra de hombres solos y prostitutas atra dos por la fiebre del oro, transforman a la joven inocente en una mujer fuera de lo com n. Eliza recibe ayuda y afecto de Tao Chi'en, un m dico chino, quien la conducir de la mano en un itinerario memorable por los misterios y contradicciones de la condici n humana.Hija de la fortuna es un retrato palpitante de una poca marcada por la violencia y la codicia en la cual los protagonistas rescatan el amor, la amistad, la compasi n y el valor. En esta su m s ambiciosa novela, Isabel Allende presenta un universo fascinante, poblado de entra ables personajes que, como tantos otros de la autora, se quedan para siempre en la memoria y el coraz n de los lectores.Rese a: «Isabel Allende se caracteriza por su precisa y po tica adjetivaci n, y el estilo aqu ha sido especialmente cuidado. Deleitar a un p blico mayoritario. Joaqu n Marco, El Cultural ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Allende has created a masterpiece of historical fiction that is passionate, adventurous, and brilliantly insightful. . . . suspenseful and surprising."--Denver PostFrom the revered New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover, set against the chaos, greed, and promise of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Raised in the British colony of Valpara so, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaqu n Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. Chileans, including Joaqu n, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaqu n's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover. In the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, Eliza must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza soon comes to discover that her search for love has become a quest of personal freedom.

En Eva Luna, su tercera novela, Isabel Allende recupera su pa s a trav s de la memoria y la imaginaci n.La cautivadora protagonista de esta historia constituye un nost lgico lter ego de la autora, que se llama a s misma «ladrona de historias precisamente porque en las historias radica el secreto de la vida y el mundo.Novela de hondo perfil humano, Eva Luna funde el destino individual con el colectivo mediante una fulgurante prosa de car cter pico. Sin duda, una de las mejores obras de la literatura latinoamericana de los ltimos a os. Rese a: «Cuando Isabel Allende puso el punto final de Eva Luna, logr tatuarse un s mbolo que honra su epidermis: dej de ser chilena, peruana o venezolana, y pas a ser intensamente latinoamericana. Luis Sep lveda ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "A remarkable novel" (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's introducing her most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener--born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse and eccentric cast of characters including the Lebanese migr who befriends her and takes her in; her unfortunate godmother, whose brain is addled by rum and who believes in all the Catholic saints and a few of her own invention; a street urchin who grows into a petty criminal and, later, a leader in the guerrilla struggle; a celebrated transsexual entertainer who instructs her in the ways of the adult world; and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will prove crucial to Eva's fate. As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjures up a whole complex South American nation--the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated--in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history, with battles and passions, rebellions and reunions, a novel that celebrates the power of imagination to create a better world.

Pronto una serie de Amazon Prime La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los esp ritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos.El desp tico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrar a los Trueba a una dolorosa desintegraci n. Atrapados en unas dram ticas relaciones familiares, los personajes de esta poderosa novela encarnan las tensiones sociales y espirituales de una poca que abarca gran parte del siglo XX.Con impecable pulso narrativo y gran lucidez hist rica, Isabel Allende ha creado un fresco en el que conviven lo cotidiano con lo maravilloso, el amor con la revoluci n y los ideales personales con la dura realidad pol tica. La cr tica ha dicho: «Un logro nico, a la vez testimonio personal y posible alegor a del pasado, el presente y el futuro de Am rica Latina. The New York Times Book Review«Una cr nica fuerte y absorbente de una familia chilena, con detalles opulentos y con un trasfondo m stico... Un refinada combinaci n de escenarios. Kirkus Review«Hay muy pocos viajes m s emocionantes que los realizados en la imaginaci n de una novelista genial. Esa experiencia est disponible en La Casa de los Esp ritus de Isabel Allende... Cosmopolitan ENGLISH DESCRIPTION .Soon-to-be streaming on Amazon Prime "Spectacular...An absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits with its all-informing, generous, and humane sensibility, is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America." --The New York Times Book Review The House of the Spirits, the unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.One of the most important novels of the twentieth century, The House of the Spirits is an enthralling epic that spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic, and fate.

Un autorretrato de ins lita emotividad al tiempo que exquisita recreaci n de la sensibilidad de las mujeres de nuestra poca.«Aqu est todo lo que debe tener un libro: o do, perspectiva, cabeza, coraz n y una humanidad sin l mites. - The New York TimesCualquier libro de Isabel Allende es un acontecimiento. Paula lo es especialmente porque se trata del m s conmovedor, m s personal y m s ntimo de todos los que ha publicado hasta la fecha. Cuando la gran autora chilena se encontraba en Espa a con ocasi n de la presentaci n de El plan infinito, su hija entr en estado de coma. Junto al lecho de Paula, mientras segu a con angustia la evoluci n de su enfermedad, Isabel Allende comenz a redactar en un cuaderno una historia de su familia y de s misma con el prop sito de regal rsela a su hija una vez superara el dram tico trance. Sin embargo, ste se prolong durante meses y los apuntes de la autora acabaron convirti ndose en este libro apasionante y revelador. Isabel Allende ejerce aqu su prodigioso talento narrativo para recuperar y asumir sus propias vivencias como mujer y como escritora, as como las de su familia y las de la historia reciente de su pa s. Autorretrato de ins lita emotividad al tiempo que exquisita recreaci n de la sensibilidad de las mujeres de nuestra poca, Paula perdura en el nimo del lector con la intensidad de una experiencia indeleble. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION New York Times Bestselling Author"Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful." --Los Angeles TimesWhen Isabel Allende's daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits.

This reprint of a White Pine Press classic brings together an astonishing range of work from the turn of the century to the present. Despite cultural maxims encouraging them to be silent, women continue to speak, often through the language of poetry, where there is an abundance of intuition and the possibility of reclaiming power through language. In the work included here, we see how the common threads of courage and inventiveness can be woven into a bright tapestry of women's voices that presents a true picture of a culture that must create its own history. Over fifty poets, including those well-known, such as Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, and Cristina Peri Rossi, and those just emerging are included. Marjorie Agosin, editor of the Secret Weavers series, is well-known as a poet, writer, and human rights activist. She is a professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

From New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, "a magical and sweeping" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family--like thousands of other Japanese Americans--are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, The Japanese Lover is written with the same keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel The House of the Spirits. The Japanese Lover is a moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.

La historia de amor entre la joven Alma Velasco y el jardinero japon s Ichimei conduce al lector por un recorrido a trav s de diversos escenarios que van desde la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el San Francisco de nuestros d as.«A los veintid s a os, sospechando que ten an el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras m s intentaban agotarlo, m s imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hay pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun as quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da ox geno. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, "a magical and sweeping" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family--like thousands of other Japanese Americans--are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Sweeping through time and spanning generations and continents, The Japanese Lover is written with the same keen understanding of her characters that Isabel Allende has been known for since her landmark first novel The House of the Spirits. The Japanese Lover is a moving tribute to the constancy of the human heart in a world of unceasing change.

From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco

From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco.

Told in the voice of Isabel Allende's beloved character Eva Luna, a "distinctive, powerful, and haunting" (Los Angeles Times) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed writers of our time.Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carl , Eva answers his request for a story "you have never told anyone before" with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion, and the strengths of women, creating a world that is at once poignantly familiar and intriguingly new. Rendered in her sumptuously imagined, uniquely magical style, The Stories of Eva Luna is the cornerstone of Allende's work. This treasure trove of brilliantly crafted stories is a superb example of a writer working at the height of her powers.

"A remarkable novel" (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, introducing her most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's assistant and a snake-bitten gardener--born poor, orphaned at an early age, and working as a servant. Eva is a naturally gifted and imaginative storyteller who meets people from all stations and walks of life. Though she has no wealth, she trades her stories like currency with people who are kind to her. In this novel, she shares the story of her own life and introduces readers to a diverse and eccentric cast of characters including the Lebanese migr who befriends her and takes her in; her unfortunate godmother, whose brain is addled by rum and who believes in all the Catholic saints and a few of her own invention; a street urchin who grows into a petty criminal and, later, a leader in the guerrilla struggle; a celebrated transsexual entertainer who instructs her in the ways of the adult world; and a young refugee whose flight from postwar Europe will prove crucial to Eva's fate. As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjures up a whole complex South American nation--the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated--in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history, with battles and passions, rebellions and reunions, a novel that celebrates the power of imagination to create a better world.

This profoundly moving tale of love, bravery, and tragedy by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende brings to life a country ruled with an iron fist--and the men and women who dare to challenge it. Irene Beltr n is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist, an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing, she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist migr s. Together, they are an inseparable team and--despite Irene's engagement to an army captain--form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a nation overrun by terror and violence. Together, they will risk everything for justice--and, ultimately, to embrace the passion that binds them.

"Spectacular...An absorbing and distinguished work...The House of the Spirits with its all-informing, generous, and humane sensibility, is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Lati

From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco