Isabel Allende

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. "One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in Isabel Allende's] long career."--The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Esquire - Good Housekeeping - Parade In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, they face trial after trial, but they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they might go home. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along. A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea shows Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. Praise for A Long Petal of the Sea "Both an intimate look at the relationship between one man and one woman and an epic story of love, war, family, and the search for home, this gorgeous novel, like all the best novels, transports the reader to another time and place, and also sheds light on the way we live now."--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions "This is a novel not just for those of us who have been Allende fans for decades, but also for those who are brand-new to her work: What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time. She knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time."--Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. "One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and most affecting works in Isabel Allende's] long career."--The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Esquire - Good Housekeeping - Parade In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, they face trial after trial, but they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they might go home. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along. A masterful work of historical fiction about hope, exile, and belonging, A Long Petal of the Sea shows Isabel Allende at the height of her powers. Praise for A Long Petal of the Sea "Both an intimate look at the relationship between one man and one woman and an epic story of love, war, family, and the search for home, this gorgeous novel, like all the best novels, transports the reader to another time and place, and also sheds light on the way we live now."--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions "This is a novel not just for those of us who have been Allende fans for decades, but also for those who are brand-new to her work: What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time. She knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time."--Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin

"Me arrepiento de los platos deliciosos rechazados por vanidad, tanto como lamento las ocasiones de hacer el amor que he dejado pasar por ocuparme de tareas pendientes o por virtud puritana, ya que la sexualidad es un componente de la buena salud, inspira la creaci n y es parte del camino del alma... Por desgracia, me demor treinta a os en descubrirlo". --Isabel Allende Isabel Allende despliega aqu sus poderes m gicos como cuentista y, con un encanto peculiar, entrelaza las sensuales artes de la comida y el amor, combinando recuerdos personales, folklore de todo el mundo, leyendas hist ricas y momentos memorables de la literatura (incluyendo la literatura er tica), con porciones similares de humor y perspicacia. El lector es el invitado privilegiado a un banquete de hechos fascinantes sobre los poderes afrodis acos de los alimentos y las bebidas que Isabel Allende sirve con convincente admiraci n y debida irreverencia. Ofrece sugerencias, tanto antiguas como modernas, para atraer a un amante, encender el ardor sexual, prolongar el acto sexual y reactivar la decadente virilidad. Y revolviendo en el caldero de la historia, nos informa sobre los apetitos lascivos de personajes memorables como el emperador Ner n, Catalina la Grande y hasta la notoria Madame du Barry de Francia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende celebrates the pleasures of the sensual life in this rich, joyful and slyly humorous book, a combination of personal narrative and treasury of erotic lore. Under the aegis of the Goddess of Love, Isabel Allende uses her storytelling skills brilliantly in Aphrodite to evoke the delights of food and sex. After considerable research and study, she has become an authority on aphrodisiacs, which include everything from food and drink to stories and, of course, love. Readers will find here recipes from Allende's mother, poems, stories from ancient and foreign literatures, paintings, personal anecdotes, fascinating tidbits on the sensual art of foodand its effects on amorous performance, tips on how to attract your mate and revive flagging virility, passages on the effect of smell on libido, a history of alcoholic beverages, and much more.An ode to sensuality that is an irresistible blend of memory, imagination and the senses, Aphrodite is familiar territory for readers who know her fiction.

New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil that offers "a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home" (People). During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice. As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of--and our need for--love.

The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted and imaginative storytellers The House of the Spirits 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.

Isabel Alende v svoem novom dolgozhdannom romane "Japonskij ljubovnik" sozdaet udivitelnuju sagu, gde zvuchat motivy sudby, voennykh nevzgod i ljubvi, sposobnoj vyderzhat ispytanie vremenem. V kanun Vtoroj mirovoj vojny malenkuju Almu otpravljajut iz Polshi k rodstvennikam v San-Frantsisko. Tam ona vljubljaetsja v malchika-japontsa, syna sadovnika. No posle bombardirovki Perl-Kharbora semju sadovnika, kak i mnogikh japontsev, osevshikh v SSHA, vysylajut v lager dlja internirovannykh. Deti obrecheny na razluku. I dolgie gody im prikhoditsja skryvat svoju ljubov ot mira. Uzhe v nashi dni ob etoj istorii uznajut vnuk Almy i ee pomoschnitsa Irina. V tsepochke zagadochnykh sobytij, "chto dvizhutsja ljubovju", voznikajut vse novye povoroty. Vpervye na russkom v perevode Kirilla Korkonosenko, laureata literaturnoj premii "Jasnaja Poljana" 2017 goda.

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

Isabel Allende parte de la c lebre cita de Albert Camus -"en medio del invierno aprend por fin que hab a en m un verano invencible"- para urdir una trama que presenta la geograf a humana de unos personajes propios de la Am rica de hoy que se hallan "en el m s profundo invierno de sus vidas" una chilena, una joven guatemalteca indocumentada y un maduro norteamericano. Los tres sobreviven a un terrible temporal de nieve que cae en pleno invierno sobre Nueva York y acaban aprendiendo que m s all del invierno hay sitio para el amor inesperado y para el verano invencible que siempre ofrece la vida cuando menos se espera. M s all del invierno es una de las historias m s personales de Isabel Allende: una obra absolutamente actual que aborda la realidad de la emigraci n y la identidad de la Am rica de hoy a trav s de unos personajes que encuentran la esperanza en el amor y en las segundas oportunidades. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil that offers "a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home" (People). During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice. As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of--and our need for--love.

New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende's Of Love and Shadows is a moving tale of love, bravery and tragedy.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende's Eva Luna is an unforgettable story of a lover, a writer, a revolutionary and above all, a storyteller.

En oväntad sommar av Isabel Allende är en roman som väver samman livet hos tre personer som förenas av en trafikolycka i New York.

La pluma m gica de Allende nos invita a conocer, en esta preciosa trilog a de aventuras, realismo m gico y naturaleza, a Alexander Cold, un muchacho americano de quince a os; a su abuela Kate, una reportera de viajes; y a Nadia Santos, una compa era de aventuras muy especial. En La Ciudad de Las Bestias partir n en busca de una bestia gigantesca que se halla en la vasta selva del Amazonas, donde conocer n a un cham n ind gena que les mostrara las maravillas de su tierra. En El Reino del Drag n de Oro conocer n las ense anzas budistas cuando visiten el Himalaya, donde se esconde la estatua del Drag n de Oro, un objeto magnifico de piedras preciosas cuyo descubrimiento puede provocar da os irreparables en estas tierras. En El Bosque de los Pigmeos viajaran al coraz n de frica para ayudar a liberar de la esclavitud a los pigmeos y favorecer la paz entre las tribus. Un mundo sorprendente del que nunca querr s salir. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A search for the Beast, a Yeti-like creature within the heart of the Amazon, becomes a quest for self-discovery in this young adult coming-of-age story filled with international adventure, rich mythology, and magical realism from globally celebrated novelist Isabel Allende. Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. Parting from his family and ill mother, Alexander joins his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon. Their mission, along with the others on their team--including a celebrated anthropologist, a local guide and his young daughter Nadia, and a doctor--is to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. Under the dense canopy of the jungle, Alexander is amazed to discover much more than he could have imagined about the hidden worlds of the rain forest. Drawing on the strength of the jaguar, the totemic animal Alexander finds within himself, and the eagle, Nadia's spirit guide, both young people are led by the invisible People of the Mist on a thrilling and unforgettable journey to the ultimate discovery.

The captivating collection of short fiction, beautifully repackaged for the first time on the Scribner list, from the internationally bestselling author of The Japanese Lover

Eva Luna era una cascada de cuentos contados a trav s de otros cuentos. Pero el caudal estaba lejos de haberse agotado. En la cama con su amante, Eva Luna es requerida por ste para que le cuente un cuento "que jam s haya contado antes". Y la improvisada Sh h rezade no cuenta una sino veintitr s vidas en las que el amor, el odio, la venganza, lo grotesco y lo sublime se superponen y empujan unos a otros en su af n por completar todo el registro de sentimientos posibles en el alma humana. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION 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.

En La suma de los d as, Isabel Allende narra con franqueza la historia de su vida y la de su peculiar familia en California, en una casa abierta, llena de gente y de personajes literarios, y protegida por un esp ritu; hijas perdidas, nietos y libros que nacen, xitos y dolores, un viaje al mundo de las adicciones y otros a lugares remotos del mundo en busca de inspiraci n, junto a divorcios, encuentros, amores, separaciones, crisis de pareja y reconciliaciones. Tambi n es una historia de amor entre un hombre y una mujer maduros, que han salvado muchos escollos sin perder ni la pasi n ni el humor, y de una familia moderna, desgarrada por conflictos y unida, a pesar de todo, por el cari o y la decisi n de salir adelante. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and stubborn determination of a beloved matriarch, the indomitable New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. "An inspiring and thought-provoking work." -Denver Post Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator. Allende bares her soul while sharing her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory--and recounts stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her and lovingly embraces as a new kind of family.

Un libro lleno de amor y de humor que reconstruye, desde la evocaci n, la vida, la felicidad a orada y los espacios m s queridos de Isabel Allende. "Un libro que capta mi entera atenci n al exponer la relaci n de la autora con ese pa s suyo, inventado, imaginario, ficcional, con la historia de su familia, que a su vez es memoria in-ventada, con su vocaci n de escritora". --Jorge Edwards Amor por Chile y una gran nostalgia son el origen de este libro: la presencia continuada del pasado, el sentimiento de verse ausente de la patria, la conciencia de haber sido peregrina y forastera... todo ello lo transmite Isabel Allende con inteligencia y humor. Aqu Chile deviene un pa s real y fant stico a la vez; una tierra estoica y hospitalaria, de hombres machistas y mujeres fuertes y apegadas a la tierra. Pero, sobre todo, es el escenario de su ni ez. Evocados con gracia, cobran vida de nuevo su original familia, la casa de los abuelos, el ceremonial de las comidas, las historias de infidelidades... y los esp ritus que siempre la han acompa ado. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "A stunningly intimate memoir. . . . Allende is that rare writer whose understanding of story matches her mastery of language."--Entertainment WeeklyThe revered New York Times bestselling author of House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea ponders the elements that led to her becoming a writer, including the homeland she lost and the one she found, and the family spirits, both living and dead, who haunt her life and work.In this wondrous and intimate book, Isabel Allende explores the role of memory and nostalgia in shaping her life, her books, and that most intimate connection to her place of origin. My Invented Country brings her homeland of Chile to life in her unique voice, evoking the magnificent landscapes of her land, the almost mythic people of her family; the tragedy and hope of her people; and the politics, religion, and magic that infuse them all. My Invented Country orbits two life-changing moments: the 1973 assassination of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens which sent her into exile and inspired her literary career; and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States. Ping-ponging across distance and time, between past and present lives, it is a monumental tribute to history and the immigrant experience and a wise and personal consideration of what it means to pursue a reflective life in a cacophonous, contradictory world.

Historia de grandiosa concepci n, El plan infinito recrea medio siglo de la sociedad norteamericana en la vida de su protagonista. sta es la historia de Gregory Reeves, un gringo que sobrevive en el dif cil mundo de los hispanos de California. Gregory quiere llevar a la pr ctica el peculiar «plan infinito que se traz a s mismo en su infancia. Sin embargo, para conseguirlo debe recorrer un duro camino lleno de obst culos: la marginaci n social, el racismo, el brutal contraste entre pobreza y riqueza o la guerra de Vietnam. Rese a: «Sin ninguna duda, esta novela ambiciosa y totalizadora certifica la plena madurez de Isabel Allende, que conquista por m rito propio un s lido espacio en la escritura del continente mestizo. Nelson Marra, El Mundo ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade." (Boston Globe) An enthralling tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with the pain and deprivation that shaped him. Born in the Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived the killing fields of Vietnam, and is now a lawyer in San Francisco. Though he has successfully survived this hard journey, Gregory's life has suddenly gone off the rails thanks to an illusory and wrongheaded quest that has left him feeling lost and listless. To find what he is missing and what his heart truly wants, he must return to his roots. Only by excavating the past can he see the way to his future.